NNPC/Shell Cup 2012 Football Championship Kicks off

NNPC/Shell Cup 2011 - Captain of the winning team, Government Secondary School, Owerri lifting the trophy

The 14th edition of the NNPC/Shell Cup football competition for All Nigeria Secondary Schools kicked off on December 8, 2011 with a press conference at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. The Championship has become one of Nigeria’s leading age-grade football tournaments and a fixture in the country’s educational and sports calendar. The Competition is scheduled to hold as follows:

Registration of players  
7th December 2011  -  January 10, 2012

State Finals in 36 states
February 16 & 17, 2012

Zonal Preliminaries in 9 states
27th February to 3rd March, 2012

Zone A:  Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State
Zone B:  Osogbo, Osun State.
Zone C:  Enugu, Enugu State
Zone D:  Owerri, Imo State
Zone E:  Calabar, Cross River State
Zone F:  Kaduna, Kaduna State
Zone G:  Minna, Niger State
Zone H:  Katsina, Katsina
Zone I:   Gombe, Gombe

Quarter-finals in 4 states
13th and 14th March, 2012.

Centre One:  Ilorin, Kwara State
Centre Two:  Akure, Ondo State
Centre Three:  Kano, Kano State
Centre Four:  Lagos, Lagos State

Semi-finals and Finals in 1 state
23rd and 25th March, 2012

The 2012 competition will feature over 100,000 students playing a total of 66 matches in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory and there will be prizes for the fourt top schools to emerge from the competition.

Interested secondary schools in Nigeria are advised to pick up registration forms from the respective State Ministries of Education nationwide.