{"id":5975,"date":"2026-11-01T22:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T22:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/2026-fifa-u-17-wwc-caf-salutes-flamingos-on-semifinal-qualification\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T22:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T22:00:53","slug":"2026-fifa-u-17-wwc-caf-salutes-flamingos-on-semifinal-qualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/2026-fifa-u-17-wwc-caf-salutes-flamingos-on-semifinal-qualification\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 FIFA U-17 WWC: CAF Salutes Flamingos On Semifinal Qualification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has congratulated Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos after booking a place in the semi-final of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Flamingos defeated Venezuela 1-0 in Sunday\u2019s quarter-final at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Sal\u00e9, Morocco, thanks to an 89th-minute penalty from captain *Azeezat Oduntan*.<\/p>\n<p>The spot-kick was won by top scorer Oluebube Umejiaku after she was fouled inside the box, with the decision upheld after a VAR review. <\/p>\n<p>Oduntan kept her cool to send Nigeria into the last four for the second time in history, after their bronze medal feat in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-we-gave-everything-on-the-pitch-flamingos-coach-reflects-on-victory-against-venezuela\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: We Gave Everything On The Pitch  \u2013Flamingos Coach Reflects On Victory Against Venezuela<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the victory, CAF Women\u2019s Football wrote on its official X handle:\u201dThe Flamingos are flying into the semis! \ud83e\udda9\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec Nigeria edge Venezuela to reach the #U17WWC semi-finals! #AfricanFootball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The win makes Nigeria the last African team standing after Ghana lost 1-0 to Japan in the other quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria will now face Brazil on Wednesday, November 4, at the Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat for a place in the final. Brazil came from behind to beat China 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>The Flamingos have now won four straight games after losing their opener 2-1 to Poland \u2013 beating Puerto Rico 2-0, defending champions North Korea 3-1, Mexico 2-1, and Venezuela 1-0.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/><strong>By James Agberebi<br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has congratulated Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos after booking a place in the semi-final of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup. The Flamingos defeated Venezuela 1-0&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5975","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\/5975","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=5975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}