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[Dreadboost]

The Falconets are World Champions. Nigerian U-17 team defeated Japan 2-1 in the final of the 2026 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The Flamingos are the first African nation to lift the trophy. History in the making.

[Abu-Naim]

The Falconets are World Champions. Nigerian U-17 team defeated Japan 2-1 in the final of the 2026 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The Flamingos are the first African nation to lift the trophy. History in the making.

Congratulations to the girls, they made us proud by winning the U17 World Cup; they are our pride because other categories of football are not performing as expected, they are now too big to play for the nation, they are all after money, but we have these young girls now to rely on to make us proud because we love football and we have to support the players and appreciate them if they did well.

There was a time when no team in the world have more u17 World Cup than the golden eaglet of Nigeria, but now, they are no where to be found and I believe it is because of selection that involved corrupt leaders that do selection based on connections and corruption; but once we have positive changes, we can resume watching matches.

[Mayor of ogba]

FIFA women’s under 17 World Cup update
The Nigerian U-17 women’s team (The flamingos) have just made it to the finals of the FIFA women’s World Cup after thrashing Brazil a whopping 3:1 in the semi finals. On Sunday the 7th of October 2026, they will be playing against the Japanese side in a must win fixture for the flamingos.

As our super eagles and the super falcons are disappointing us already, we have these ones that are making us proud. Truly, the future of the Nigerian female football team is in safe hands.

I wasn't even aware of the U-17 Women World Cup it was when I saw the result of Nigerian U-17 women and Brazilian U-17  women that I became aware of the U-17 Women World Cup. The U-17  Women World Cup final was tough as expected, but Nigerian U-17 women was able to scale through with a 2-1 win against Japanese U-17 women, I'm so happy as Nigerian U-17 became the finalist of the U-17  Women World Cup, because the Super Eagles and Super Falcons failed to put smile on our faces.

[Rruchi man]

The Falconets are World Champions. Nigerian U-17 team defeated Japan 2-1 in the final of the 2026 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The Flamingos are the first African nation to lift the trophy. History in the making.

You have to ask yourself if it is the same conditions and support that this u-17 team has that the Super Eagles have or perhaps their own competition is not as challenging as that of our super eagles such that even with the little support they are able to do very well.

Congratulations to our u-17 flamingos, I wait for the day that it will be our Super Eagles soaring again.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

The Falconets are World Champions. Nigerian U-17 team defeated Japan 2-1 in the final of the 2026 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The Flamingos are the first African nation to lift the trophy. History in the making.

I literally just missed this game, because I never knew our girls the Super Falcon of Nigeria Under-17 had a match with Japan today, of which I heard finally ended in our victory with 2 goals to 1 against the Japanese ladies. And this is quite impressive seeing our women making us proud. Since it is obvious that the Super Eagles (Male) players have not been performing very well in their last previous matches. And with the way this girls are playing, I won't be surprised if they end up winning this Under-17 2026 Women world cup games.

So ones again, a big congratulations to the super Falcons of Nigeria Under-17.

[Jasmyne]

I literally just missed this game, because I never knew our girls the Super Falcon of Nigeria Under-17 had a match with Japan today, of which I heard finally ended in our victory with 2 goals to 1 against the Japanese ladies. And this is quite impressive seeing our women making us proud. Since it is obvious that the Super Eagles (Male) players have not been performing very well in their last previous matches. And with the way this girls are playing, I won't be surprised if they end up winning this Under-17 2026 Women world cup games.

So ones again, a big congratulations to the super Falcons of Nigeria Under-17.

The under 17 team are called the flamingos not the super Falcons.
The girls were impressive right from the beginning of the tournament, have good team work, good communication and they are talented players who play the game with all their heart they are not playing like they are forced to play because they take every match to be crucial that's why they were able to get this far. The super eagles have a problem which is yet to be fixed so for now don't compare this beautiful ladies that won the world cup today to the male player because their young girls are hungry to win every game. It's a well deserved victory for them and as a Nigerian I am happy for what they have achieved.

[Tonimez]

I literally just missed this game, because I never knew our girls the Super Falcon of Nigeria Under-17 had a match with Japan today, of which I heard finally ended in our victory with 2 goals to 1 against the Japanese ladies. And this is quite impressive seeing our women making us proud. Since it is obvious that the Super Eagles (Male) players have not been performing very well in their last previous matches. And with the way this girls are playing, I won't be surprised if they end up winning this Under-17 2026 Women world cup games.

So ones again, a big congratulations to the super Falcons of Nigeria Under-17.

The under 17 team are called the flamingos not the super Falcons.
The girls were impressive right from the beginning of the tournament, have good team work, good communication and they are talented players who play the game with all their heart they are not playing like they are forced to play because they take every match to be crucial that's why they were able to get this far. The super eagles have a problem which is yet to be fixed so for now don't compare this beautiful ladies that won the world cup today to the male player because their young girls are hungry to win every game. It's a well deserved victory for them and as a Nigerian I am happy for what they have achieved.

There are some notable characters exhibited by the girls that made me know they are still pure hearted and willing to put in their best to get the title. After beating Brazil in the semi final, the Nigerian streamer Peller had a live video with them during which he engaged them with some questions regarding their welfare and the ladies reply got me. When asked how comfortable they were, the ladies admitted being comfortably treated and claimed they weren't lacking anything. The girls also promised winning this tournament with excitement. Right from the beginning, they went out to beat teams starting from Ghana's revenge mission down to Brazil and lastly Japan.

Congratulations to the girls on winning Nigeria's first FIFA under 17 women's world cup in 2026. They deserve the very best and I hope they get rewarded the way they deserve.

[Roseline492]

The Falconets are World Champions. Nigerian U-17 team defeated Japan 2-1 in the final of the 2026 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The Flamingos are the first African nation to lift the trophy. History in the making.

A champion at last, I'm really happy we have this squad on our under 17 women so that Nigeria wouldn't look Completely useless when it comes to international leagues, when I saw how close they have always been on the under 17 women world Cup I knew that there is know how they wouldn't be lucky in one of the season but fortunately they have won it, so definitely when this players will become of age to play on the super Falcon they would break the setbacks that has made the club not to win the senior world Cup. Meanwhile this final was indeed interesting and Japan was very disappointed on how they go beaten.

[Queen Julie]

The Falconets are World Champions. Nigerian U-17 team defeated Japan 2-1 in the final of the 2026 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The Flamingos are the first African nation to lift the trophy. History in the making.

Congratulation to the young girls who have their all to bring this prestigious trophy back home. It is a great honor to them, their family and to Nigeria. Nigeria keeps representing all over the world. I can imagine what it means for those young girls to get handed a trophy by the FIFA President himself.

The belief that they have is what has brought them this far. And thanks to everyone who supported them, motivated them to reach this milestone.

[7juju]

The Falconets are World Champions. Nigerian U-17 team defeated Japan 2-1 in the final of the 2026 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The Flamingos are the first African nation to lift the trophy. History in the making.

Talents are wasting in this part of the world. Just watch out and see how most of these young players will not get to the top career because of the country they come from. At the age of 17 they are already world champions. Imagine if NFF will invest follow these girls up, monitor their progress and  make sure they are playing in good clubs academies. If all of them can progress together to the women national team together, they stand a chance of winning the FIFA Women World Cup In years to come. Like this in few years to come, we won’t hear anything about most of these young girls. Only the ones that their family have money that can sponsor their child to the top. Then when they have made it on their own, you will expect them to choose the country national team.

[Marykeller]

The Falconets are World Champions. Nigerian U-17 team defeated Japan 2-1 in the final of the 2026 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The Flamingos are the first African nation to lift the trophy. History in the making.

History in the making indeed. My heart can't contain the joy I feel inside because of this win the Flamingos had over Japan in lifting the U-17 World Cup.

Flamingos journey to this year's U-17 World Cup is a commendable one. From day one to the last day, they beat Japan. In their first group game, they lost to Poland; that was the only match they lost. The rest of the games were wins against teams like North Korea, Mexico, and Brazil (tough teams we didn't expect them to beat).

Now, they have made history as the first African country to lift the U-17 World Cup; I look forward to them repeating the same astonishing performances in years to come

[ArabBTC]

You needed to see the joy on the face of the First Lady of Nigeria Sen. Oluremi Bola Tinubu immediately when the Nigerian U-17 females were announced the winners against Japan, her excellency was so happy, such news is what Nigeria needs regularly to boost their football ranking, i just hope that she will convince his excellency President Bola Tinubu to invest more in the sports sector, Nigeria have good footballers both male and females, it is just poor management and internal politics within the Nigerian football federation, if this young talented Nigerian stars are supported they will really go far, and Nigeria will be properly ranked in the football community.

[Pi-network314159]

I watched the locker room display from our girls after winning the finals, joy was written all over their faces as they vibed, sang and danced in celebration, they really made us so proud after this win. Failing and trying again added with determination will indeed take you far, this is what I understood because our girl have been trying over the years and yesterday, they made history by becoming the first African team to win the U17 female world cup trophy. I saw Burna boy and Victor Osimhen in the stands during the game to show support for the girls while they play and luckily for us, our team won to bring it home and also their names among the winners of such a trophy for the first time in our history.

[Majestic-milf]

I watched the locker room display from our girls after winning the finals, joy was written all over their faces as they vibed, sang and danced in celebration, they really made us so proud after this win. Failing and trying again added with determination will indeed take you far, this is what I understood because our girl have been trying over the years and yesterday, they made history by becoming the first African team to win the U17 female world cup trophy. I saw Burna boy and Victor Osimhen in the stands during the game to show support for the girls while they play and luckily for us, our team won to bring it home and also their names among the winners of such a trophy for the first time in our history.

It's a good thing that such record is being held by Nigerians. Their male counterparts did it in 2015 and then 11 years later the women follow. Congratulations to them and it's not just about being excited that the girls won, showing interest and supporting with funds for the sports will go a long way.

[Obim34]

You needed to see the joy on the face of the First Lady of Nigeria Sen. Oluremi Bola Tinubu immediately when the Nigerian U-17 females were announced the winners against Japan, her excellency was so happy, such news is what Nigeria needs regularly to boost their football ranking, i just hope that she will convince his excellency President Bola Tinubu to invest more in the sports sector, Nigeria have good footballers both male and females, it is just poor management and internal politics within the Nigerian football federation, if this young talented Nigerian stars are supported they will really go far, and Nigeria will be properly ranked in the football community.

If she so much loves good achievement, why doesn't she and her husband lead Nigerians in that direction? I'm waiting to hear promises to the girls, another achievement for Tinubu party to use for campaign in this election. Whatever the government promises them shouldn't change our decisions when it comes to voting in the upcoming election. Over the course of 4 years, we've benefited nothing.

Congrats to the Flamingos, I feel really proud being Nigerian at this moment, a big record for Nigeria.

[Fiatless]

Congratulation to the young girls who have their all to bring this prestigious trophy back home. It is a great honor to them, their family and to Nigeria. Nigeria keeps representing all over the world. I can imagine what it means for those young girls to get handed a trophy by the FIFA President himself.

The belief that they have is what has brought them this far. And thanks to everyone who supported them, motivated them to reach this milestone.

These young Nigerians brought honor to the country. Coach Akeem Busari and the entire team gave their best to win this trophy. I gave up on the girls after their first game when they lost against Poland. I thought it would be another disappointing tournament. But when they beat the defending champion, North Korea, my doubt began to give way. Japan didn't lose a single game on their path to the final.

In this time of hardship and pain, Nigerians have something to celebrate. I hope these girls will be groomed by the NFF so that they can compete in future tournaments. My expectation is that clubs in Europe will sign most of them since Nigeria doesn't have a working or lucrative female professional league.

[ArabBTC]

If she so much loves good achievement, why doesn't she and her husband lead Nigerians in that direction? I'm waiting to hear promises to the girls, another achievement for Tinubu party to use for campaign in this election. Whatever the government promises them shouldn't change our decisions when it comes to voting in the upcoming election. Over the course of 4 years, we've benefited nothing.

Congrats to the Flamingos, I feel really proud being Nigerian at this moment, a big record for Nigeria.

Well, i won’t want to look at it from the political landscape because if we look at it that way it will draw a lot of controversy and opinions, it will shock you that even with this Tinubu performance in his first tenure that a lot of Nigerians will still want to vote him for the second tenure because of their selfish petty gains.

So i really don’t want us to look at it from the political perspective, let us just encourage the Nigerian government to focus more on improving the sports sector, i believe that one day Nigeria will have their desired leader but till then we need to keep hope alive and celebrate every little win.

[Akaenyi]

You needed to see the joy on the face of the First Lady of Nigeria Sen. Oluremi Bola Tinubu immediately when the Nigerian U-17 females were announced the winners against Japan, her excellency was so happy, such news is what Nigeria needs regularly to boost their football ranking, i just hope that she will convince his excellency President Bola Tinubu to invest more in the sports sector, Nigeria have good footballers both male and females, it is just poor management and internal politics within the Nigerian football federation, if this young talented Nigerian stars are supported they will really go far, and Nigeria will be properly ranked in the football community.

If she so much loves good achievement, why doesn't she and her husband lead Nigerians in that direction? I'm waiting to hear promises to the girls, another achievement for Tinubu party to use for campaign in this election. Whatever the government promises them shouldn't change our decisions when it comes to voting in the upcoming election. Over the course of 4 years, we've benefited nothing.

Congrats to the Flamingos, I feel really proud being Nigerian at this moment, a big record for Nigeria.

When it comes to football that is where Nigerians are united both the good and bad because a winning for Nigeria, especially lifting gold is a pride for every Nigerians so don't be surprised if the first lady is jubiliating for the Flamingos, they are the nations number one citizens. I know that the country will promise the girls a lot of things in the heat of the moment for winning gold and I hope that they can actualize everything that would be promised to them because talk is cheap. Our female national teams have always made us proud as a country and I hope that these set of Flamingos will be consistent as they mature into Falcons

[Obim34]

Well, i won’t want to look at it from the political landscape because if we look at it that way it will draw a lot of controversy and opinions, it will shock you that even with this Tinubu performance in his first tenure that a lot of Nigerians will still want to vote him for the second tenure because of their selfish petty gains.

Yes, people will vote for him, because not everyone you see walking the street is mentally okay. The worst of them are those who are not in any way benefiting from the government. Still, because Tinubu is Yoruba, and they can't betray their brother for someone competent from a different tribe, those are the set of people I want to see perish if Tinubu wins.

If the government is okay, the NFF will be mindful of how they manage the funds they get to run the federation.

[Somto9Light]

I watched the locker room display from our girls after winning the finals, joy was written all over their faces as they vibed, sang and danced in celebration, they really made us so proud after this win. Failing and trying again added with determination will indeed take you far, this is what I understood because our girl have been trying over the years and yesterday, they made history by becoming the first African team to win the U17 female world cup trophy. I saw Burna boy and Victor Osimhen in the stands during the game to show support for the girls while they play and luckily for us, our team won to bring it home and also their names among the winners of such a trophy for the first time in our history.

If it were you wouldn't you be happy? Do you know the tough opponents they faced till they reached the finals. I saw the passion in these young ladies and one thing I admire about them is their confidence, they speak so boldly and compliment it with powerful performance. It feels so good when you work so hard and finally achieve your dream because winning this U17 world cup has opened opportunities for some of these girls because they will surely be called by team sides which will give them more exposure in their football career. Burna Boy and Victor Osimhen tried for their patriotism, we Nigerians loves ourselves regardless of the bad governance.