- Nigeria's U-17 Women football team played out a 1 - 1 draw with their Cameroonian counterpart
- The Flamingos woes started when they played out a 2 - 2 draw with Cameroon in Benin city
- Nigeria will not be at the FIFA Women's U-17 World Cup for the first time since its inception
Nigeria's U-17 Women football team played out a 1 - 1 draw with their Cameroonian counterpart which saw them crash out in the FIFA U-17 World Cup qualification.
The Flamingos woes started when they played out a 2 - 2 draw with Cameroon in Benin city which means they will have to head to the return bearing they needed a win to secure World Cup place.
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Alice Kameni got the opener for the host in the 16th minutes which meant the Flamingos had to score at least two goals to qualify, but the Cameroonians held on for a half time lead.
The rather sad result means for the first time Nigeria failed to win any of its qualifying games for the U-17 World Cup, also the result means that Nigeria will not be at the FIFA Women's U-17 World Cup for the first time since its inception.
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The Flamingos failure to secure World Cup qualifications means they fail to emulate their senior - the Falconets - who picked of one of Africa's two tickets to the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
The FIFA Women's U-17 World Cup is scheduled to hold in Uruguay from Tuesday, November 2018.
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