{"id":12137,"date":"2026-11-07T22:45:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T22:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/fifa-u-17-wwc-history-makers-super-falcons-star-babajide-salutes-flamingos\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T22:45:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T22:45:56","slug":"fifa-u-17-wwc-history-makers-super-falcons-star-babajide-salutes-flamingos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/fifa-u-17-wwc-history-makers-super-falcons-star-babajide-salutes-flamingos\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA U-17 WWC: \u2018History Makers\u2019 \u2014 Super Falcons Star Babajide Salutes Flamingos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Omorinsola Babajide has saluted Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos after their historic triumph as 2026 FIFA Women\u2019s U-17 World Cup champions.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Falcons winger, who plays in Europe and has represented Nigeria at senior level (including in WAFCON success), shared a vibrant celebration of the young side\u2019s achievement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHISTORY MAKERS!!! NAIJA NO DEY CARRY LASSTTTTT OOOO \ud83e\udd29\ud83e\udd29\ud83e\udd29BIG UP THE FLAMINGOSSSSS!! WORLD CHAMPIONSSSS \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec \ud83e\udd73\ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8\ud83e\udd47\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the Nigerian U-17 women\u2019s team defeated Japan 2-1 in the final at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Rabat, Morocco. <\/p>\n<p>Goals from Awawu Bashiru (39th minute) and Oluebube Umejiaku (47th minute) secured the win, with Japan scoring a late consolation.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the first time an African team has won the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup (inaugurated in 2008). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/you-made-history-ajibade-hails-flamingos-after-world-title-triumph\/\">\u2018You Made History \u2013 Ajibade Hails Flamingos After World Title Triumph<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is also Nigeria\u2019s first title in the competition and makes the country the first African nation to claim the U-17 World Cup in both the men\u2019s (Golden Eaglets) and women\u2019s categories. <\/p>\n<p>The Flamingos recovered from an opening 2-1 group-stage loss to Poland to win their remaining matches, including notable victories over defending champions North Korea and Brazil in the semi-finals (3-1).<\/p>\n<p>Babajide\u2019s salute reflects the broader excitement across Nigerian football circles. Senior players and officials have hailed the young squad\u2019s resilience, skill, and historic breakthrough under coach Akeem (Hakeem) Busari. <\/p>\n<p>The victory elevates the profile of women\u2019s youth football in Nigeria and Africa, following earlier bronze medal finishes by previous Flamingos sides.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Omorinsola Babajide has saluted Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos after their historic triumph as 2026 FIFA Women\u2019s U-17 World Cup champions. The Super Falcons winger, who plays in Europe and has represented Nigeria&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}