Nigeria ’s Golden Eaglets set 8new records. Wow!

Nigeria wins 5 th U -17 World Cup trophy. Photo: FIFA

Nigeria ’s Golden Eaglets have won yet another
trophy at the U - 17 World Cup. Here are 8 new
grounds that have been broken.

1 . Nigeria is the first country to have won the trophy
5 times . The team also previously held the record of
most wins with 4 trophies followed by Brazil who
has won 3 times .

2 . The star of the competition, Victor Osimhen laid a
new record of highest number of goals at the
competition with 10 goals scored.

3 . Victor Osimhen also made another record as the
first player to score in every match of the
competition. Osimhen scored 10 goals in 7
matches .

4 . President Muhammadu Buhari is the first country
head to see his country lift the world cup twice . He
was military head of state in 1985 when Nigeria
won the first U -17 World Cup in China and has now
seen the team emerged victorious again .

5 . This is the first time the Golden Eaglets will be
winning the trophy outside Asia . Nigeria ’s previous
wins ; ’85 (China ) , ’ 93 ( Japan), 07 (Korea) and 2013
(UAE ) were all on Asian soil .

6 . With 5 trophies and 3 second place finish , Nigeria
is the most successful team in the history of the
competition after playing 8 in 8 finals and appearing
11 times in the 15 editions that have been held .

7 . Asides Brazil (’97 and ’99 ), Nigeria is the only
other country to have won the trophy back to back .

8 . Nigeria ’s win against Mali has reaffirmed Africa ’s
position at the most successful continent at the
competition with 7 wins (Nigeria - 5, Ghana- 2 )
followed by South America with 3 wins (Brazil ’ 97,
’99 , ’ 03) and Europe with 3 wins ( Soviet Union ’ 87,
France ’01 and Switzerland ’09)

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