Nigeria’s Flamingos have made history after beating Japan 2-1 to win their first-ever FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup title in the final played on Saturday night in Rabat, Morocco.

Awawu Bashiru opened the scoring for Nigeria in the first half after her powerful long-range strike was spilled by Japan goalkeeper Kou Kadowaki, before the Flamingos added a second goal in the second half to seal the famous victory against the 2014 champions, who later responded with a goal by I.Fuki in the 84th minute.

The victory makes Nigeria the first African country to ever win the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, completing a remarkable campaign that saw the team beat Brazil 3-1 in the semi-final to reach the final for the first time in the country’s history.