The opening ceremony organizers mistakenly displayed
the wrong flag while announcing Nigeria on Thursday.
Instead of Nigeria's flag, it projected an image of Niger's
flag onto the globe at midfield during the ceremony.
Twitter user Cameron Laws pointed out the blunder.
Nigeria's flag features three vertical stripes, with a white
stripe sandwiched between two green stripes.
The
country's crest is in the middle of the white stripe.
Niger's flag features three horizontal stripes. The top
stripe is orange, sitting above a white stripe and a green
stripe. There is an orange circle in the middle of the white
stripe.
The neighboring African nations share a 450-mile border
and maintain friendly relations.
Nigeria is currently ranked No. 44 in FIFA rankings. Niger
is ranked No. 112 and did not qualify for the World Cup.
This is not the first time the wrong flag has been
displayed during a major sporting event. In the 2012
London Olympics, a women's soccer match between
North Korea and Colombia was delayed because the
organizers showed the South Korean flag while
introducing the North Korean team, and the players
refused to take the field.
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