NWFL: Betsy Obaseki football tourney kicks off October 19

The 3rd edition of the Betsy Obaseki Preseason Women Football Tournament will kick off on October 19, 2023, in Benin, according to the organisers.

Yussuf Alli, Chairman, Edo State Sports who is incidentally the Chairman of the Main Organising Committee (MOC) of the tournament made the announcement on Wednesday in Benin during the inauguration of subcommittees for the women’s soccer event.

Inaugurating the various committees for the Betsy Obaseki Football tournament, Olympian Alli said that the event will now hold between Oct 19 and 29 to serve as a pre-season tournament for the Nigerian women’s football league.

According to him, the event would have started this month, but the Nigerian Women’s Football League shifted their event to November.

“We now felt that there is a need for us to move the Betsy Obaseki Football Tournament close to the women’s league kick off to suit its purpose since it is a pre-season tournament.

“Also, we have the Youth Games that would have started and that also was moved to September 20, hence, we moved it, so it will not clash with any other major events.”

The Edo Sports Commission boss added that the organisers aimed to organise a more successful tournament.

“The event is not government-sponsored and we want to keep the momentum because the passion our First Lady has for women’s football is fantastic.

“What we want to achieve is to have the best pre-season tournament that is ever hosted in the state,” said the MOC chairman.

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