Flamingos staged a remarkable comeback to draw 2-2 with host nation Ghana only to fall 5-4 on penalties to the Black Maidens in the final of the WAFU B U17 Championship in Prampram tonight.
Defender Taiwo Adegoke missed the decisive penalty kick for Nigeria.
The Flamingos fell behind by two goals after only 18 minutes, before they pulled a goal before the break through Precious Oscar.
They then completed their comeback by drawing 2-2 courtesy of Harmony Chidi to minutes from fulltime to force the game to now be decided on penalties.
Harmony Chidi was named MVP of the final, while Flamingos goalkeeper Christiana Uzoma was named Goalkeeper of the Tournament.
Benin finished third ahead of Cote d’Ivoire.
The ref was ATROCIOUS!