2022 U17 WAFU B: Nigeria beat Burkina Faso to emerge champions

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria on Friday night defeated Burkina Faso 2-1 to emerge champions of the 2022 WAFU Zone B Championship held in Cape Coast, Ghana.

After defeating Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire in the semi-finals, both Nigeria and Burkina Faso headed into the match with the hope of finishing the campaign as champions of West Africa.

Abubakar Abdullahi put the Golden Eaglets in front as early as the 22nd minute. A mistake at the back allowed Burkina Faso to equalize going into the halftime break.

Abubakar Abdullahi capitalized on the mistake Burkina Faso’s goalkeeper made while trying to save Emmanuel Michael’s free kick to net his second goal of the night which proved to be the winner.

Both finalists will represent the WAFU Zone B at next year’s U-17 AFCON in Algeria.