Nigeria, April 4 -- Burkina Faso have made history as the first team to secure qualification for both the 2025 CAF U-17 AFCON quarter-finals and the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

The West African side are amongst the favourites of the tournament, with five podium finishes to their name.

The former champions lifted their first title in 2011 in what was one of their best performances in the competition.

Preceding that, they finished as runners-up in the 1999 and 2001 edition where they were denied an opportunity to be crowned champions by Ghana and Nigeria respectively, and they've showed why they are a force to be reckoned with lately at age grade levels again on the continent.

Their hard-fought 2-1 victory over Egypt on Thursday night con...