A deserved victory for the Nigerian Golden Eaglets.
Nigeria enter the history books
today as only the second country to retain the U17 World Cup courtesy of
2-0 victory of Mali in the final of the championship in Chile.
Brazil were the first team to successfully defend this trophy – they won in 1997 and retained it in 1999.
The individual awards being handed out...
Victor Osimhen has also broken the record for most goals scored in a Fifa U17 World Cup final.
His 10 goals have put him above Florent Sinama Pongolle and Souleymane of Cote d'Ivoire.
- And the Best Player fo the Tournament is Kelechi Nwakali who receives the Golden Ball.
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Victor Osimhen gets the Silver Ball
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Malle of Mali gets the Bronze Ball
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The Golden Glove for best goalkeeper is handed to Samuel Diarra of Mali.
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And the Golden Boot goes to none other than Victor Osimhen of Nigeria.
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Silver boot goes to Johannes Eggestein of Germany
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Bronze boot to Kelechi Nwakali of Nigeria
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