The Stage Is Set For The Final Cup With Lots Of Activities Lined Up To Make The Event Memorable

The event which started on Friday 4th November will climax Saturday twelfth November at Moshood Abiola Stadium.

Two matches would happen on the grand finale. Confluence Queens face Nasarawa Amazons at third place, whereas Edo Queens have a rating to settle with Delta Queens within the remaining.

It will likely be recalled that Edo Queens, Delta Queens, Confluence Queens and Nasarawa Amazons picked up 19 factors, 17 factors, 11 factors and 10 factors respectively in the course of the group stage.

Sheroes Cup (previously known as Naija Ratels Pre-Season Championship then Flying Officers Cup) is an annual preseason event for girls’s affiliation soccer groups in Africa. The competitors often function elite groups from Nigeria Girls Soccer League, in addition to neighboring African nations. Because the first version in 2019, it has been described as the largest preseason event for girls membership soccer in Nigeria.

Simply earlier than the graduation of the second version, it was rebranded as “Flying Officers Cup” to honor and immortalise the lately deceased Nigeria first-ever feminine fight helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile.

In 2021, there was one hundred percent enhance within the prize cash from the 2020 version. The primary, second, third and fourth positioned groups acquired ₦1,000,000, ₦500,000, ₦300,000 and ₦200,000 respectively.

In October 2022, it was renamed to “Sheroes Cup”.

The competitors is based and financed by Barrister Paul Edeh, via his sport agency domiciled in Benue State. For the primary version, twenty girls soccer golf equipment in Nigeria was invited however solely 4 determined to honour the invitation. The inaugural event was contested by hosts, Naija Ratels; prime tier groups, Nasarawa Amazons and Edo Queens; and decrease pyramid workforce, Honey Badgers from Northern Nigerian state of Makurdi. Edo Queens emerged winners following a straight spherical robin format. All taking part groups acquired free sporting souvenirs, together with soccer balls and jerseys.

The second version noticed the introduction of prize cash, in addition to eradicating registration charges as a result of monetary impacts of COVID 19 on taking part groups. It was additionally formally ratified by the Nigeria Girls Soccer League. The event venue was relocated from Benue State to Abuja. Bayelsa Queens emerged winners via a extra conventional preliminary group part, then elimination levels matches format.

The third version noticed the ratification of an organising committee that included many main nationwide stakeholders in girls’s soccer. The prize cash was additionally considerably elevated and the event was billed to contain different African nations for the primary time.

The fourth version has seen introduction of participant of the match award courtesy of Airtel, seminar and award evening.

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