Lagos, Nov 14 (IANS): The International Football Federation (FIFA) has hailed the victorious Golden Eaglets of Nigeria for their triumph at the U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

A statement reaching Xinhua Thursday from the Nigeria Football Association in Abuja quoted FIFA president Sepp Blatter as saying in the letter that the Golden Eaglets were worthy winners.

The Eaglets won their record fourth U-17 World Cup at the 2013 edition of the tournament which was held from Oct 17 to Nov 8.

Nigeria claimed the title following a 3-0 defeat of Mexico who they had earlier beaten 6-1 in the preliminary stage.

"The FIFA U-17 World Cup lived up to all its promises with some thrilling matches, fantastic goals, incredible emotions and unbelievable twists and turns," the world soccer body chief was quoted as saying in the letter addressed to NFA President Aminu Maigari.

"All of these combined to keep the fans on the edges of their seats on the final day in Abu Dhabi last Friday.

"In the end, the Nigeria U-17 team saw off the challenge of their Mexican counterparts to claim an unprecedented fourth world title following previous triumphs in 1985, 1993 and 2007," Blatter said