What India could not Niger did in style. The debutant nation in the U17 World Cup went a step further by registering a win against DPR Korea 1-0 in their first appearance in the competition. Not only that, Niger was the reason Nigeria could not reach to defend their U17 World Champion crown! An extremely poor and small West African nation had beaten the last two editions' champions in the qualifiers. One of the hot favourites and the UEFA U17 champion Spain will have to play a lot better against the African nation to bounce back in the tournament after their 1-2 defeat to Brazil in the opening match.