Nigeria’s Flamingos will face a stern check on the 2025 FIFA U-17 Ladies’s World Cup after being drawn in a difficult Group D alongside former champions France, seasoned campaigners Canada, and debutants Samoa, Soccernet.ng reviews.
The official draw ceremony for the ninth version of the event passed off on Wednesday, 4 June, on the Mohammed VI Soccer Academy in Rabat — the Moroccan capital that can host all matches from 17 October to eight November.
France, champions in 2012, are making their fourth look and can be seen as a serious contender.
Canada, returning for his or her eighth outing, can be hoping to raised their best-ever end of fourth place in 2018.
Samoa, one among 4 debutants, booked their ticket via the 2024 OFC U-16 Ladies’s Championship.
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Nigeria’s Flamingos draw France and Canada in tough FIFA U-17 Ladies’s World Cup group
For Nigeria, this marks their seventh look on the event, having solely missed the 2018 version.
Traditionally, the Flamingos had struggled to interrupt past the quarterfinal stage — falling quick in 2010, 2012, and 2014 — however that modified in 2022 after they defeated the USA on penalties after a tense 1–1 draw to achieve the semi-finals for the primary time.
Nigeria secured their place in Morocco by seeing off Algeria and South Africa within the CAF qualifiers and can be aiming to raised their historic third-place end from two years in the past.
The expanded 24-team format makes its debut this yr, with six teams in whole. The highest two groups from every group, together with the 4 finest third-placed sides, will proceed to the Spherical of 16.
Hosts Morocco headline Group A alongside Brazil, Italy, and Costa Rica, whereas holders Korea DPR headline Group B. This version additionally marks the primary time the U-17 Ladies’s World Cup is being hosted on African soil.
- Group A: Brazil, Costa Rica, Italy, Morocco.
- Group B: Cameroon, Korea DPR, Mexico, Netherlands.
- Group C: China PR, Ecuador, Norway, USA.
- Group D: Canada, France, Nigeria, Samoa.
- Group E: Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Korea Republic, Spain.
- Group F: Japan, New Zealand, Paraguay, Zambia.
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