{"id":146552,"date":"2026-07-12T18:02:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/junior-starlets-demolish-south-africa-to-seal-world-cup-ticket\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T18:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:02:46","slug":"junior-starlets-demolish-south-africa-to-seal-world-cup-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/junior-starlets-demolish-south-africa-to-seal-world-cup-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Starlets demolish South Africa to seal World Cup ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kenya\u2019s Junior Starlets are heading back to the FIFA Under-17 Women\u2019s World Cup after defeating South Africa 3-1 at the Nyayo National Stadium, completing a dominant 5-1 aggregate victory.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The visitors struck early through Katleho Malebana in the fifth minute, but Kenya responded strongly in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>Gaudancia Maloba equalised in the 70th minute before Brenda Awuor calmly converted a late penalty to put the hosts ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Alizeba then sealed the victory with a third goal moments later, sparking celebrations among the home fans.<\/p>\n\n<p>The win secures the Junior Starlets\u2019 second qualification for the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup, set to take place from October 17 to November 7, 2026 in Morocco.<\/p>\n\n<p>The achievement marks another historic milestone for the Kenyan side, who became the country\u2019s first football team to compete at a FIFA World Cup during their debut appearance in the Dominican Republic in 2024, where they also registered a memorable victory over Mexico.<\/p>\n\n<p>Kenya will now look to build on that experience as they prepare for another shot on the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/junior-starlets-demolish-south-africa-to-seal-world-cup-ticket\/\">Junior Starlets demolish South Africa to seal World Cup ticket<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya\u2019s Junior Starlets are heading back to the FIFA Under-17 Women\u2019s World Cup after defeating South Africa 3-1 at the Nyayo National Stadium, completing a dominant 5-1 aggregate victory. The visitors struck early through Katleho Malebana in the fifth minute, but Kenya responded strongly in the second half. Gaudancia Maloba equalised in the 70th minute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}