D’Royal football tourney enters second phase

With the draws for the 12 participating teams concluded on Wednesday in Akure, Ondo State, all is set for the kickoff of the second edition of the D’Royal Off-season Football Competition, which begins July 6 at the Akure Township Stadium.

The 12 teams have been drawn into three groups of four teams each, with the winner and runners-up in each group joined by the two best losers qualifying for the quarter-finals and through the semis to the grand finale.

This marks a significant development in the vision of tournament sponsor, Matthew Olaniboji,  CEO of Golden Royal Intercontinental Ltd, in fostering grassroots youth development using football as a veritable tool.

The winner of this edition will go home with N500,000 prize money plus lots of other gifts.  Runners-up will earn N250,000, and third-place finishers will bank N100,000. This is a significant increase in the prize money of the inaugural edition, where the winners Weli-weli FC, went home with N300,000.

Three teams, including champions Weli-weli FC, runners-upVictory Lions and Fair Play award-winning team, SGIC, qualified automatically for this year’s edition of the competition, which has as its theme ‘CLASH OF CHAMPIONS: Rise to Glory.’

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