African Flag Football: Nigeria win gold, qualify for world championship

Nigeria’s men and girls teams have emerged champions of the famous African Flag Soccer Championship, concluded on Saturday, June 21, in Cairo, Egypt.

The competitors, organised by the World Federation of American Soccer (IFAF), saw 11 teams from eight worldwide locations compete over two days at Club One Stadium in Maadi.
In the boys’s last, Nigeria secured a slim 13-12 choose up in opposition to host nation Egypt. The match used to be held in entrance of a house crowd that included Egypt’s Minister of Formative years and Sports actions, Dr Ashraf Sobhi. Tunisia placed third in the boys’s class.

The ladies’s last ended with Nigeria defeating Morocco 26-12. Two second-half touchdowns by quarterback Anuoluwapo Bello secured the . Egypt claimed bronze in the girls’s competitors.

With these results, both Nigerian teams earned computerized qualification for the 2026 IFAF Flag Soccer World Championships.

IFAF président, Pierre Trochet, speaking after the occasion, remarked, “Every player and apt who plan foot on the sector in Cairo this week can advise a allotment of history.”

He acknowledged the contribution of the Egyptian federation in hosting the occasion and highlighted future opportunities for notify.

“What this occasion has demonstrated is the colossal skill and passion for the sport that exists correct valid thru the African continent,” Trochet acknowledged. “We know this occasion is steady the originate and, along with our NFL companions, we are dedicated to making sure it acts as a springboard to the long-term pattern of our sport.”

The occasion marks the starting build of IFAF’s continental championship sequence for 2025 and comes forward of flag soccer’s scheduled debut at the Olympic Video games in Los Angeles in 2028.