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| FIFA U-17 WC: Poor outing for African teams
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) -
With the ongoing FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria now
at the quarter-final stage, only one of the five African teams that came to the
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ournament remains in contention, PANA reported Friday.
Thursday night's ouster of Burkina Faso, which lost 4-1 to Spain in the second r
ound, left host and defending champion Nigeria as the only African team in the c
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mpetition.
Algeria, African champion Gambia and Malawi did not make it beyond the round-rob
in first round.
Africa's performance at the current tournament is worse than what was recorded a
t the last edition in South Korea in 2007, when two African teams - Ghana and Ni
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eria - made it to the last four.
Ghana lost to Spain in the semi-finals and Nigeria went ahead to beat Spain in t
he final and win the tournament.
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| Lagos - 06/11/2009 |
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