Liberia U17 girls to host Nigeria’s Flamingos in FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup final qualifier

Liberia’s U17 girls will host World Cup bronze medallists, Flamingos of Nigeria, at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium, Monrovia, on Sunday, 9 June, in the first leg of the teams’ FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup African qualification series final fixture.

The match in the Liberian capital will kick off at 4 pm Liberia time (5 pm in Nigeria).

Bankole Olowookere’s maidens have made their way into the fourth and final qualifying round following a 12-0 second-round annihilation of their counterparts from the Central African Republic, after which they dispatched Burkina Faso’s U17 girls 7-1 on aggregate.

The Liberian girls were the big surprise of the third round, edging out Senegal on the away goal rule after a 2-0 win in Monrovia in the second leg of a tie that the Senegalese thought they had wrapped up after a 3-1 win in Dakar.

The Flamingos will host the return leg at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, on Friday, 14 June, starting from 4 pm. The winner on aggregate will emerge as one of Africa’s three representatives at this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in the Dominican Republic.

Burundi vs. Kenya and Zambia vs. Morocco are the other fixtures.

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, New Zealand, and United States have already qualified for the tournament and will join hosts Dominican Republic in the group stage. Six teams will be finalised in May, when three representatives from Asia and three from Europe are confirmed, while three teams will secure their ticket in June, when qualifying in Africa concludes.

This year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup will be the last to feature 16 teams before the tournament increases to 24 teams for the next edition to be staged in Morocco in 2025.

FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup African Final Qualifying Round

Liberia vs. Nigeria

Burundi vs. Kenya

Zambia vs. Morocco