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Amene promises first class NWFL Nationwide League

The General Co-ordinator of the Nigeria Women Football League Nationwide League, Sir Joe Amene, has promised a first class 2021/2022 NWFL Nationwide League season, which kicks off on Friday April 22 2022 at the Western Boys Stadium and the School of Health Technology, both in Benin City, Edo State.

Sir Joe Amene, General Co-ordinator, NWFL Nationwide League.


For the league that would see sixteen clubs from across the  country battle for promotion tickets, Amene, who is also a board member of the NWFL, assured Nigerian soccer fans that they will be treated to scintillating skills and display of soccer artistry by all the participating clubs.


Amene, a former member of the Nigeria Professional Football League, said at the weekend from his base in Onitsha, Anambra state, that: "Soccer fans in Benin City and other parts of the country will be treated to women's football excellence that won't be different from what we have been witnessing in the NWFL Premiership, which recorded a progressive football revolution in 2021 after the NWFL Premiership Super Six  in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, adding that, the development has trickled down to all the three tiers of the women's league in Nigeria.


Joe Amene stressed that: "Now is the time for the NWFL Nationwide, to showcase what they are worth, as they storm Benin City to for their progress to the NWFL Championship and bid farewell to the amateur cadre of the women's football league in Nigeria.


"It would be complete fireworks in Benin City, as 16 NWFL Nationwide clubs battle for two promotion tickets. And we are going to be very meticulous in our choice of officiating referees for the league in our drive to ensure the best teams gain promotion to the NWFL Championship.


The 2021/2022 NWFL Nationwide will start o April 22 with 16 teams  that have been divided into four groups of four teams each.


In Group A 1, we have Lakeside Queens FC, Abruka Queens FC, Celestial Queens FC and Ijebu United Queens.

Group A 2, has Papa Soccer Academy, Ekiti Queens FC, Delta Babes FC and Society Teen Girls FC.

The group A1 and A2 teams will play all their group matches at the Western Boys Stadium, Benin.


The Group B1 has Unification Queens FC, Imo Strikers Fc, Brave Hearts Queens and Ubalaka Queens.

The Group B2 has P. Kassim Eletu Queens, FC Niger Amazons, Fortress Queens FC and Castmog FA.

All the B1 and B2 team will play their matches at the School of Health Technology, Benin.


Each of the teams will play three games made up of two home and one away matches. The matches in all the four groups will be played  simultaneously according to the fixtures from April 23rd to 25th, 2022, to avoid any accord match so as to get true winners.


The top clubs in each of the four groups will qualify for the Final Stage of the Nationwide League on April 27.

The winner of Group A1, will play winner of A2, while Winner Group B 1 will slug it out against Winner Group B2. At venues to be decided by the NWFL Secretariat.

The winners of these two matches, Match 25 and Match 26, will be promoted to the 2022/2023 NWFL Championship, the professional cadre of the Nigeria Women Football League, a step below the NWFL Premiership.


The NWFL Nationwide  will start with a technical meeting on April 22, while matches proper start on April 23.

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