{"id":759,"date":"2026-10-24T11:07:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/2026-u-17-wwc-flamingos-await-mexico-chile-or-australia-in-round-of-16\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T11:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:07:27","slug":"2026-u-17-wwc-flamingos-await-mexico-chile-or-australia-in-round-of-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/2026-u-17-wwc-flamingos-await-mexico-chile-or-australia-in-round-of-16\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 U-17 WWC: Flamingos Await Mexico, Chile Or Australia In Round Of 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos will discover their Round of 16 opponents at the ongoing 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Akeem Busari\u2019s side finished second in Group B after recording a stunning 3-1 victory over defending champions North Korea in Rabat on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The West Africans accumulated six points from three group matches to secure their place in the knockout stage, where they will face the runners-up in Group F.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-ajibade-congratulates-flamingos-on-3-1-win-over-north-korea\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: Ajibade Congratulates Flamingos On 3-1 Win Over North Korea<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spain have already secured qualification for the Round of 16 after recording victories over Mexico and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico currently occupy second place in the group following their 3-1 win over Chile, while Chile and Australia, who have one point each, remain in contention for a place in the knockout stage.<\/p>\n<p>In the final round of Group F fixtures, Chile will face Spain, while Mexico take on Australia, with the results set to determine the team that will finish second and face Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The Flamingos\u2019 Round of 16 encounter is scheduled for Thursday, October 29, in Sal\u00e9, Morocco.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Adeboye Amosu <\/strong><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos will discover their Round of 16 opponents at the ongoing 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup tonight. Akeem Busari\u2019s side finished second in Group B after recording a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759","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=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}