Nigeria’s Women’s U-17 team, the Flamingoes has been drawn in Group B alongside Germany, Chile and New Zealand in the India 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
In the draws for the Women’s U17 Worldcup which was held today (Friday) June 24 2022, Host India were drawn in Group A alongside USA, Morocco and Brazil. The opening match of the tournament will be India vs USA in Bhubaneswar on October 11. Top two teams from the four groups will go through to the quarterfinals.
Another African representative, Tanzania will need to navigate the hurdles possed by Canada, France and Japan in Group D if they are to make further impact in the tournament.
India hosted the FIFA U-17 World Cup for the boys in 2018 and were slated to host the girls’ event two years ago, but the covid-19 pandemic aborted that, necessitating a postponement and scaling down of the original host cities to three.
The Flamingos, who have featured in every tournament since 2008 bar the 2018 edition staged by Uruguay, prevailed over the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt and Ethiopia on the African continent to land in India.
Full Draws.
Group A : India, USA, Morocco, Brazil.
Group B: Germany, Nigeria, Chile, New Zealand.
Group C: Spain, Colombia, Mexico, China PR.
Group D: Japan, Tanzania, Canada, France.
The 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup will begin on 11 through 30 October.
