Nigeria will face Benin Republic In Thursday's U17 Semifinals

Nigeria will face Benin Republic. In Thursday's U17 Semifinals

By Chukwu Ziteihe Ikeokwu 

17th December 2024 

Nigeria will face Benin Republic. In Thursday's U17 Semifinals at the ongoing WAFU-B U17 Championship.

Scoring sensation Harmony Chidi notched a hat trick as Nigeria edged Cote d’Ivoire 3-2 in their second match of the WAFU B U17 Girls’ Cup in Accra on Monday.

Chidi, who netted 13 of the 25 goals as the Flamingos crushed everything on their path in Africa to the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in the Dominican Republic this year, took matters into her own hands to ensure Nigeria finished top of group B of the inaugural competition.

Following their 9-0 whiplash of Niger Republic on Thursday, the Flamingos finished the group campaign with the six maximum points and with 12 goals for and only two against, while Cote d’Ivoire, 5-0 winners over the Nigeriens, came second with three points and seven goals for and three against. 

The young Ivorian girls will go up against the hosts, the Black Maidens of Ghana, in the first semi-final of the competition on Thursday, before the second semi-final that will see FIFA World Cup quarter-finalists Nigeria tackle neighbors Benin Republic at the Ghana Centre of Excellence in Prampram.