{"id":3680,"date":"2026-10-29T19:33:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/u-17-womens-world-cup-flamingos-defeat-mexico-to-book-quarter-final-spot\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:33:51","slug":"u-17-womens-world-cup-flamingos-defeat-mexico-to-book-quarter-final-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/u-17-womens-world-cup-flamingos-defeat-mexico-to-book-quarter-final-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"U-17 Women&#8217;s World Cup: Flamingos defeat Mexico to book quarter-final spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"48.410585404972\">\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos have booked their place in the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup after defeating Mexico 2-1 in their Round of 16 encounter in Morocco on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian side secured the victory at Pitch 2 of the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Sal\u00e9, near Rabat, to keep their hopes of winning the tournament alive.<\/p>\n<p>Oluebube Umejiaku opened the scoring for Nigeria in the 40th minute, giving the Flamingos a deserved lead before the half-time break.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian youngsters continued their impressive performance after the restart, with Dunstan doubling their advantage in the 71st minute to put them firmly in control of the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico managed to pull a goal back but could not find an equaliser as Nigeria held on to secure a 2-1 victory and advance to the last eight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The win represents another important step in the Flamingos\u2019 campaign as they continue their quest for the U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup title.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria will face Venezuela in the quarter-finals on November 1, with a place in the semi-finals up for grabs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"13.525423728814\">\n                                                                <b><a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/author\/gekugbe\">Gilbert Ekugbe<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gilbert Ekugbe is a journalist at Punch Newspapers with over a decade of experience reporting on business and economic affairs. He covers markets, corporate developments, finance, and Nigeria\u2019s broader economic landscape. His reporting is informed by extensive newsroom experience and a strong commitment to accuracy and responsible journalism, helping readers understand complex business issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#7d09151818191409120f3d0d08131e15131a531e1210\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"e99d818c8c8d809d869ba9999c878a81878ec78a8684\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos have booked their place in the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup after defeating Mexico 2-1 in their Round of 16 encounter in Morocco on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3680","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=3680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}