Ahead of the National Qualifiers of the CAF Schools Football Championship billed to kickoff from 2nd November to 8th November 2023 in Abuja, Brightville College, Ibadan has expressed its readiness.
The championship which is coordinated by the Nigeria School Sports Federation (NSSF) will determine Nigeria’s representative at the WAFU-B Zonal tournament which will be held in Lome, Togo between November 23-26 2023.
Six teams from West Africa Zone B (WAFU-B) will battle it out in Lomé to determine the sole winner and the zone representative at the main tournament in April 2024.
The National Qualifiers is expected to be graced by representatives from all the States of the federation and the FCT.
The CAF African School Football Championship is the initiative of CAF President, Patrice Motsepe in a bid to strengthen collegiate football in Africa.
The first edition of the championship was concluded earlier this year in Durban, South Africa where CS Ben Sekou Sylla from Guinea and Fountain Gate School of Tanzania were crowned champions of the boys’ and girls’ categories respectively.