Football
The draw for the first
round matches of this year’s AITEO Cup competition will hold in Lagos on
Friday.
It was gathered that
the first round matches, which will involve the 64 surviving teams following
the Preliminary Round played last week, will hold on Wednesday, 16th August
2017.
The draw for the second
round matches will take place on Friday, 18th August while the matches will
come up on 30th August. The draw for the third round matches will be conducted
on 31st August, while the matches will be played on 13th and 16th September.
The draw for the quarter
–finals and semi –final matches will hold on 14th September, with the quarter
–final matches to come up on 20th and 23rd September. The semi –final matches are scheduled for
27th September and 4th October.
The grand final for the
men’s event will take place on Sunday, 8th October, while the grand final for
the women’s event has been scheduled for 2nd October.
As part of innovations to
restore the glamour of the oldest football competition in the land, now
bankrolled by Nigeria’s leading energy solutions company, AITEO, matches that
end in a draw, from the first round, would not go into penalties as has been
the case over the years.
NFF General Secretary, Dr.
Mohammed Sanusi, who is also secretary of the Organizing Committee, explained
to thenff.com: “From the first round stage, teams would be designated A and B.
Team A will have the prerogative to choose the centre for the match against
Team B, from the pool of designated centres. If the match ends in a draw, Team
B will now have the prerogative to pick a venue from the designated centres as
its ‘home’ for the replay.
“This will apply to all
matches from the first round stage.”
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