{"id":6177,"date":"2026-11-02T07:15:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T07:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/2026-fifa-u-17-wwc-nigeria-stands-behind-you-nsc-assures-flamingos-after-semifinal-qualification\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T07:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T07:15:51","slug":"2026-fifa-u-17-wwc-nigeria-stands-behind-you-nsc-assures-flamingos-after-semifinal-qualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/2026-fifa-u-17-wwc-nigeria-stands-behind-you-nsc-assures-flamingos-after-semifinal-qualification\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 FIFA U-17 WWC: Nigeria Stands Behind You \u2014 NSC Assures Flamingos After Semifinal Qualification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Sports Commission (NSC) has assured players of the Flamingos that Nigerians are fully behind them following their qualification to the semifinal of the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the hard fought 1-0 win against Venezuela in Sunday\u2019s quarterfinal clash the NSC, in a statement, wrote:\u201dNigeria\u2019s U-17 Women\u2019s National Team, the Flamingos, have advanced to the semi-finals of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco following a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaptain Azeezat Oduntan converted an 89th-minute penalty to secure the decisive goal after Oluebube Umejiaku was brought down inside the penalty area at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Sal\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victory marks Nigeria\u2019s fourth win in the competition, setting a new national record for the most victories by the country in a single edition of the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-fifa-u-17-wwc-caf-salutes-flamingos-on-semifinal-qualification\/\">2026 FIFA U-17 WWC: CAF Salutes Flamingos On Semifinal Qualification<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Flamingos will now face Brazil in Wednesday\u2019s semi-final as they continue their pursuit of a historic place in the final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to the players and technical crew. Nigeria stands behind you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time the Flamingos will reach the semifinals of the U-17 World Cup after first achieving it in 2022 in India. <\/p>\n<p>At the 2022 tournament the Flamingos finished third after edging out Germany on penalty shootout after regulation time ended 3-3.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Flamingos are the only African team left in the competition after Ghana lost 1-0 to Japan in Sunday\u2019s quarterfinal.<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/><strong><br \/>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 National Sports Commission (NSC) has assured players of the Flamingos that Nigerians are fully behind them following their qualification to the semifinal of the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6177","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\/6177","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=6177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}