The wait is finally over as Nigeria’s Flamingos begin their quest for global glory on Sunday evening when they take on Canada in their opening Group D match of the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Salé, Morocco.

For the first time, the world’s biggest women’s youth football tournament lands on African soil, and for a nation that has carried the flag for the continent in almost every edition, this feels like a homecoming of destiny.

A familiar stage, A new dream

This is Nigeria’s eighth appearance at the tournament since its inception in 2008.

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