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Flamingos face Brazil on Wednesday for a place in the U-17 Women's World Cup final

Azeezat Oduntan's 89th-minute penalty beat Venezuela 1-0 in the quarter-final.

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Olanrewaju Adewole
Rabat1 min read
Nigeria's under-20 women's squad in camp in 2015.
Nigeria's under-20 women's squad in camp in 2015. File photo: Vegas2nl / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Nigeria's Flamingos play Brazil on Wednesday, 4 November, at the Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat, for a place in the final of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco.

They reached the semi-final by beating Venezuela 1-0 on Sunday night at the Mohammed VI Football Complex. The winner came late: top scorer Oluebube Umejiaku won a penalty in the 88th minute, the referee upheld it after a VAR review, and Azeezat Oduntan scored from the spot in the 89th.

Venezuela's goalkeeper, Valeria Rebanales, kept Nigeria out for most of the match.

Brazil came from behind to beat China 2-1 in their quarter-final.

Sources: Channels Television, Leadership, November 2026.

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