N1.75m up for grabs in 2016 Olympic 5-a-side tournament

By Akeem Lawal
A total prize money of N1,750,000 will be won at this year’s edition of the Olympic 5-a-side Tournament.
 

Disclosing this in Lagos on Tuesday, Category Marketing Manager, Olympic Milk, Raphael Agbaje said over 250 teams with over 4,000 participants will feature in this year’s edition of the tournament.

According to Agbaje, the competition which would be held in eight cities; Lagos, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Abuja, Owerri, Kaduna, Kano and Enugu, will officially kick off in Lagos on November 2 and 3, 2016 before moving to the remaining cities in search of raw football talents. 

Breaking down the prize money, Agbaje said the winning teams from each city will be invited to Lagos for the qualifiers at the end of which the first, second and third positions will be rewarded with the sum on N1 million, N500,000 and N250,000 respectively. 

He also said the MVP will win an all-expense paid ticket to the Etihad, home of Manchester City FC to have a full match experience.

“Our sponsorship of the Olympic 5-Aside tournament was inspired by the need to create a platform to engage and support young football talents who have energy and passion for the game and seek the right exposure.

“The maiden edition held last year recorded a huge success with over 2,500 participants across different cities in Nigeria with De Royal FC coming out tops at the finale. This year, in partnership with Intu Sports and Neo Media and Marketing, we are taking it steps higher and extending participation to cover two more cities. Like it was done last year, each team is expected to purchase one carton of 400grm Olympic Milk Powder to register starting from September 6,2016.

 “So we hope that in a few years from now, we would have produced worthy football ambassadors who will shine the Nigerian light on the world stage,” Agbaje said.

 PICTURE CAPTION:

(L-r) MD, CEO Neo Media and Marketing, Ehi Braimah; Sales Director, Bola Arotiowa; Managing Director, Nutricima, Eelco Weber; Marketing Director, Kalyan Bandyopadyay; Category Marketing Manager, Olympic, Raphael  Agbaje; Ex-international, Victor Ikpeba and Managing Director, Complete Communications, Alhaji Mumuni Alao,  during the presentation of Manchester City branded jerseys at a press conference heralding the 2016 Olympic 5-a-side Tournament.