Flamingos’ 3-1 win over North Korea earns CAF plaudits
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has hailed the Flamingos of Nigeria following their 3-1 victory against North Korea at the ongoing 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup taking place in Morocco.
The Flamingos secured a surprise victory against the defending champions in their final Group B fixture which was played on Friday at the magnificent Mohammed VI Football Complex Stadium in the city of Rabat.
The Nigerian U-17 women’s team which did well to contain the excesses of their free-scoring Asian opponents raced into a three goal lead with Oluwakemi Adegbuyi (15’), Oluebube Umejiaku (38’) and Kanyinsola Yusuf (58’) providing the goals.
The North Korean’ s scored a consolation goal in the 83rd minute of the game when Jong Hyang Yu scored her team’s first and only goal of the encounter which ended 3-1 in favour of the Nigerian team.
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While reacting to the victory secured by the Flamingos, CAF in a post shared on its official page wrote; ”Round of 16, here we come! 🎉🇳🇬.”
The victory against North Korea placed the Flamingos second in Group B and also secured an automatic ticket to the Round of 16 at the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup for the Nigerian team.
Despite losing to the Flamingos, North Korea finished in first place due to superior goal difference after beating Puerto Rico (6-0) and Poland (6-1) in first two Group games.
Poland which secured an empathic 6-2 victory against tournament debutants Puerto Rico on Friday finished third in Group B.
