On June 15, 2023, the NFF-Tingo Federation Cup Competition’s Grand Finale will be held at Asaba’s Stephen Keshi Stadium.
The women’s final between Cup winners Bayelsa Queens and multiple champions Rivers Angels is scheduled to start at 2pm and will kick off the day. At 5 o’clock, the men’s final between the multi-champion Rangers International of Enugu and the 1978 champions Bendel Insurance of Benin will begin.
As a result of Rivers Angels and Bayelsa Queens having represented Nigeria in the nascent CAF Women’s Champions League competitions, which highlights their strength at home, football administrators, promoters, stakeholders, and fans are already anticipating one of the best finals in both men’s and women’s versions.
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Bayelsa Queens are the defending champions of the competition, having overwhelmed FC Robo Queens of Lagos in the final of the 2021 competition at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City.
The ingredients are there for a fierce contest in the men’s final, with Bendel Insurance and Enugu Rangers having contested two of the most memorable finals in the history of the men’s competition.
In what amounted to a stunning result that year, leaving bookmakers holding the short end of the stick, ‘Benin Arsenal’ dismantled the much-feared Enugu Rangers 3-0 in the 1978 final at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. Peter Egharevba scored the first goal through a long range free-kick that silenced the vociferous fans of the ‘Flying Antelopes’.
Three years down the line, Rangers exacted their revenge, with the peerless ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu leading the orchestra from the back as the all-white clad boys from Coal City won 2-0 with goals from Okwuchukwu Obiora and Ifeanyi Onyedika on a sunny afternoon.
Bendel Insurance have been in flaming form this season, unbeaten in the abridged Nigeria Premier Football League season and posting credible performances everywhere. Rangers International were on the backfoot for the larger part of the first half of the season but picked up in the second stanza, and are sure to give their all in the final of a competition in which they love to soar.
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