It tied with Japan in the last round! The U17 World Cup, a small country with a population of 290,000, suffered a 0-16 defeat. Two people were hit with red and were kicked 80 times.

In the final match of Group B of the 2025 Qatar U17 World Cup that ended on November 10, the New Caledonia team, an Oceania island country with a population of only 290,000, was defeated by the Moroccan team 0-16. With a record of 1 draw and 2 losses, it ranked at the bottom of the group and missed the qualification.

In the second round of the group stage, New Caledonia unexpectedly withstood 36 shots from the Japanese men's football team, ended in a goalless draw with their opponents, and scored an upset score of 1 point. However, in this game, New Caledonia collapsed and conceded 3 goals in a row in the first 12 minutes. Afterwards, New Caledonia, which fell behind 0-3, was sent off two players in a row in the 22nd and 31st minutes.

In the end, the nine-man New Caledonia team lost 7 goals in the first half and another 9 goals in the second half. In the whole game, Morocco blasted 80 shots and 29 of them were on target, and finally won the game 16-0. The New Caledonia team shot 3 times and had 0 shots on target.

With this victory, Morocco ranked third in the group with 1 win and 2 losses in 3 games. A total of 48 teams in this U17 World Cup are divided into 12 groups. The top 2 in each group and the 3rd place in the 8 best groups can qualify.

In the first two rounds, Morocco 0-2 Japan and 0-6 Portugal, with a goal difference of -8 at the bottom of the group, and the qualifying situation was originally precarious. However, with the victory in this game, the Moroccan team's goal difference directly reached 8, occupying a favorable position in the comparison of the third group with the best results.

In another match in the same group, Japan defeated Portugal 2-1, with 2 wins and 1 draw and 7 points to win the group. Portugal had 2 wins and 1 loss and 6 points to finish second in the group. The two teams qualified together.