Flamingos to face Canada, France, and Samoa in the Group of the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Nigeria’s Flamingos will face Canada, France, and Samoa in Group D at the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
The draw ceremony for the ninth edition of the competition took place at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Rabat, Morocco, on Wednesday.
The Flamingos will face a difficult test against Canada and France in the group.
Samoa will be making their maiden appearance at the U-17 Women’s World Cup.
The top two teams from each of the six groups will advance to the Round of 16, as well as the four best third-placed teams.
The Flamingos exited the competition at the quarter-final stage last year in the Dominican Republic.
Bankole Olowookere’s side finished third in the 2022 edition in India.
Nigeria will be making its eighth appearance at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in history.
The other groups for the tournament will see the hosts Morocco take on Brazil, Italy and Costa Rica in Group A, with defending champions Korea DPR locking horns with Mexico, Cameroon, and the Netherlands in Group B.
Meanwhile, Group C will feature the United States of America, Ecuador, China and Norway, while Group E has Spain, Colombia, Korea Republic and Ivory Coast.
Rounding off the tournament is Group F, which has Japan who are the all-time top scorers in the competition’s history with 125 goals across nine editions, while Oceania’s representatives New Zealand, Zambia and South American upstarts Paraguay are included.
The tournament will be the first in history to feature 24 countries, and it is also the first edition of the global showpiece to be held on the African continent. The revamped tournament will see Morocco host the next five editions of the cadet event, beginning from this year and continuing annually until 2029.
The opening fixture will be contested between the hosts, Morocco and Brazil on October 17. As usual with 24-team tournaments, the top two countries from each of the six groups will advance to the round-of-16, as well as the four best third-placed nations.
