THE 18th edition of the All Nigeria Secondary Schools
Football Championship for the NNPC/Shell Cup has entered the zonal preliminary
stage. 37 schools will converge in 9 centers across the country to compete for
the quarter final slots.
At the end of the series of matches, 10 teams are
expected to emerge for the quarter finals that will come up in Ijebu-Ode from
May 21st, 2016.
Beginning from Tuesday May 10, 2016 matches will be
played in Katsina, Minna, Jalingo, Ilorin, Uyo, Owerri, Ughelli, Akure and
Osogbo.
The Nigeria Schools Sports Federation have reiterated
that states that parade mercenaries in their teams would be severely dealt with
as adequate measures have been put in place to detect non-bonafide students and
punish any school that falls fowl of this rule.
Meanwhile, winners of the last edition, Rochas Foundation
College, Ogboko, Imo State have been knocked out of the state preliminaries as
Holy Ghost College, Owerri will represent Imo State at the zonal preliminaries.
Lagos state will be represented by Muslim College who
defeated Cardoso Secondary School, Orile 3-0 in a recently concluded final at
the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.
The following are the groupings:
KATSINA – Jigawa, Kano, Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara
MINNA – Nasarawa, Katsina, Kaduna, FCT.
JALINGO – Yobe, Gombe, Adamawa, Borno
ILORIN – Niger, Bauchi, Taraba, Plateau
UYO – Abia, Ebonyi, Rivers, Benue
OWERRI – Enugu, Akwa-Ibom, Delta, C/Rivers
UGHELLI – Anambra. Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa.
OSOGBO – Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti, Lagos.
AKURE – Oyo, Osun, Kwara, Edo.
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