Flamingos and Black Maidens carry Africa's hopes into today's U-17 World Cup quarter-finals
Ghana face Japan and Nigeria meet Venezuela in Salé, each two wins from the final.
Salé — Africa has two of the last eight teams at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco, and both play today, Sunday 1 November, at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Salé.
Ghana v Japan, 15:00
Ghana's Black Maidens recovered from an opening defeat, drew 3-3 with Brazil, and beat Canada before knocking out Argentina on penalties. Japan won their first three games without conceding, then came from behind to beat Kenya 3-1.
Nigeria v Venezuela, 18:00
Akeem Busari's Flamingos lost their first game 2-1 to Poland, then beat Puerto Rico 2-0, the defending champions DPR Korea 3-1 and Mexico 2-1. A win would take them to their first semi-final since finishing third in India in 2022.
Venezuela took only three points from the group stage but beat Germany 1-0 in the round of 16, and are chasing a third straight semi-final.
The other quarter-finals are DPR Korea v USA and China v Brazil. Times are as listed on the tournament schedule.
Sources: Premium Times, 31 October 2026; fixture details from Wikipedia's tournament page.
