Kwara, Plateau, Niger, Nasarawa, Kogi and FCT will be slugging it out at the the North Central Zonal eliminations of the 2020 National Sports Festival in Ilorin.
The zonal elimination is slated for 21st to 24th January, 2020 at the Kwara state stadium.
Kwara, Plateau, Niger, Nasarawa, Kogi and FCT excluding Benue state will battle for slots in seven team sports.
Kwara state Director of sports, Mallam Tunde Kazeem told newsmen that some states have automatically qualified from the zone due to absence of four to five states in the sports.
He said, “Nasarawa state is the only state available for the women’s basketball and that means they have qualified for the National Sports Festival.
“For Cricket, Kwara state is the only men’s team available while Kogi and FCT brought their teams for the zonal eliminations.
“In the handball event, Plateau state and Kwara state are the only teams in Ilorin for the zonal eliminations; both of them will face each other to know who comes first despite them sealing their qualifications”.
Kazeem called on residents of Ilorin to come out in their numbers to cheer the teams participating in the zonal eliminations of the National Sports Festival.
Day 1 results:
Football:
Kogi 1-6 FCT (FT)
Basketball:
Kwara State 86 – 60 Nasarawa State
Handball:
Nasarawa State 17-20 Plateau State
FCT 41-25 Kwara state
Sports and states available:
Basketball
Male: Kwara, Plateau, Niger and Nasarawa
Female: Nasarawa
Beach Volleyball
Male: Kogi, Plateau, Kwara and FCT
Female: Kogi, Plateau, Kwara and FCT
Cricket
Male: Kwara
Women: Kogi and FCT
Football
Male: Kwara, Plateau, Niger, Nasarawa, Kogi and FCT (2 groups)
Women: Kwara
Handball
Male: Kwara, Plateau, Niger, Nasarawa, Kogi and FCT (2 groups)
Women: Plateau and Kwara
Hockey
Male: Niger and Nasarawa
Female: Plateau
Volleyball
Male: Plateau, Kwara and Nasarawa
Women: Plateau, Niger and Nasarawa
