Thursday, November 21, 2024

Ote4wealth Cup: Abia, Borno, Rivers, FCT, Others Fight For Quarterfinal Tickets


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Ote4wealth Cup: Abia, Borno, Rivers, FCT, Others Fight For Quarterfinal Tickets 

Six matches will go down on Match-day 4 of Ote4wealth National Football Tournament where six teams will pick the quarterfinal tickets.

Two states that were ceded will join the six winners for Tuesday's quarterfinals duels. 

The first match on Monday morning will see Bauchi taking on Imo at 9:30am while Benue lock horns with Akwa Ibom at 10:30am.

FCT will trade tackles with Jigawa for the quarterfinal ticket at 11:30am as Borno take on Kebbi State at 12:30am. Other matches are: Bayelsa vs Abia at 3:00pm as Adamawa engage Rivers State in last match 

Meanwhile, on Sunday on Match-day 3, Abia defeated Plateau 4-2 on penalties to advance to knockout stage of #Ote4Wealth Football Tournament holding in Abuja.

Playing the first match of the day on Sunday, both teams needed the lottery of penalty shootout to determine the winner after a scoreless regulation time 

In the second match, Kebbi edged Osun to progress to the next stage. 

The 3rd match of the day, a tough encounter between Rivers and Ebonyi, it ended 5-4 on penalties in favour of the former.

Akwa also relied on penalty shootout to overcome Kogi in the 4th match of the day after recording a goalless draw at full time.

Bauchi humbled star studded Kwara in the 5th match via penalties to book their passage to the next round. 

The game between Niger and FCT ended 1-1. It was the FCT that won 4-3 on penalties.

The Ote4Wealth Football Tournament holding at the Water FC Stadium, Apo Abuja is in honour of Diamond Jubilee celebration of Nigeria's foremost philanthropist and Business mogul, Femi Otedola Femi Otedola who clocked 60 on November 4. 

Day 3 Results;

Plateau 0-0 Abia (AP 2-4)

Osun 1-2 Kebbi 

Rivers 0-0 Ebonyi (AP 5-4)

Kogi 0-0 Akwa (AP (2-4)

Kwara 0-0 Bauchi (AP 1-3)

Niger 1-1 FCT (AP 3-4)

Delta 0-0 Bayelsa (AP 2-4)

Bauchi 0-0 Kano (AP 6-5)

Knock Out Stage Fixtures

 Bauchi VS Imo at 9.30am

Benue VS Akwa Ibom at 10.30am

 FCT VS Jigawa at 11.30am

 Borno vs Kebbi 12:30am

 Bayelsa vs Abia 3.00pm

 Adamawa vs River State 4.30pm

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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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