Friday 21 December 2012

CAF 2012 AWARDS; MEET ALL THE WINNERS

Below is the full list of award winners: 

Africa Player of the Year – Yaya Toure
Africa Based Player of the Year – Mohamed Aboutrika (Egypt)
Fair Play award - Gabon National team supporters
Coach of the Year – Herve Renard
National team of the Year – Zambia
Women's National Team of the Year – Equatorial Guinea
Club of the Year – Al Ahly (Egypt)
Referee of the Year – Haimoudi Djamel (Algeria)
Most Promising Talent of the Year – Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
Women's Footballer of the Year – Genoveva Anoman (Equatorial Guinea)
Legend Award – Mahmoud El-Gohary (Egypt)
Legend Award – Rigobert Song (Cameroon)
Platinum Award - John Mahama (President of Ghana)

Africa’s Best XI:
Goalkeeper: Lutunu Dule ( Congo)

Defenders: Ahmed El- Basha (Sudan), Walid Hicheri (Tunisia), Stoppila Sunzu (Zambia), Ahmed Fathi (Egypt)

Midfielders: Mohamed Aboutreika (Egypt), Yaya Toure (Cote d’Ivoire), Alex Song (Cameroon), Younes Belhanda (Morocco)

Forwards: Didier Drogba,(Cote d’Ivoire), Christopher Katongo (Zambia)
Coach: Herve Renard (France)






AFCON COUNTDOWN:HOW IT ALL STARTED



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The Africa Cup of Nations, also referred to as the African Cup of Nations or African Nations Cup, officially CAN (French for Coupe d'Afrique des Nations), is the main international association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and was first held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been held every two years. The title holders at the time of a FIFA Confederations Cup qualify for that competition.
In 1957 there were only three participating nations: Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. South Africa were originally scheduled to compete, but were disqualified due to the apartheid policies of the government then in power. Since then, the tournament has grown greatly, making it necessary to hold a qualifying tournament. The number of participants in the final tournament reached 16 in 1998 (16 teams were to compete in 1996 but Nigeria withdrew, reducing the field to 15), and since then, the format has been unchanged, with the sixteen teams being drawn into four groups of four teams each, with the top two teams of each group advancing to a "knock-out" stage.
Egypt is the most successful nation in the cup's history, winning the tournament a record seven times (including when Egypt was known as the United Arab Republic between 1958 and 1971). Ghana and Cameroon have won four titles each. Three different trophies have been awarded during the tournament's history, with Ghana and Cameroon winning the first two versions to keep after each of them won a tournament three times. The current trophy was first awarded in 2002 and with Egypt winning it indefinitely after winning their unprecedented third consecutive title in 2010.
As of 2013, the tournament will switch to being held in odd-numbered years so that it does not clash with the FIFA World Cup.[2

History

1950s–60s: Early growth of the ANC competition

The origins of the African Nations Cup date back to June 1956, when the creation of the Confederation of African Football was proposed during the third FIFA congress in Lisbon. There were immediate plans for a continental nations tournament to be held, and in February 1957, the first African Cup of Nations took place in Khartoum, Sudan. There was no qualification for this tournament, the field being made up of the four founding nations of CAF (Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Africa). South Africa's insistence on selecting only caucasian players for their squad due to that nation's apartheid policy led to its disqualification, and as a consequence Ethiopia were handed a bye straight to the final.[3] Hence, only two matches were played, with Egypt being crowned as the first continental champion after defeating hosts Sudan in the semi-final and Ethiopia in the final. Two years later, Egypt hosted the second ANC in Cairo with the participation of these same three teams. Host and defending champions Egypt repeated as cup winners, this time downing Sudan.
The field grew to include nine teams for the third ANC in 1962 in Addis Ababa, and for the first time there was a qualification round to determine which four teams would play for the title. Host Ethiopia and reigning champion Egypt received automatic berths, and were joined in the final four by Nigeria and Tunisia. Egypt made its third consecutive final appearance, but it was Ethiopia that emerged as victors, after first beating Tunisia and then downing Egypt in extra time.

1960s: Ghanaian domination

In 1963, Ghana made its first appearance as it hosted the event, and won the title after beating Sudan in the final. They repeated that as they became champions two years later in Tunisia—equalling Egypt as two-time winners—with a squad that included only two returning members from the 1963 team.
The 1968 competition's final tournament format expanded to include eight of the 22 teams entered in the preliminary rounds. The qualifying teams were distributed in two groups of four to play single round-robin tournaments, with the top two teams of each group advancing to semi-finals, a system that remained in use for the finals until 1992. The Democratic Republic of Congo won its first title, beating Ghana in the final. Starting with the 1968 tournament, the competition has been regularly held every two years in even numbered years. Côte d'Ivoire forward Laurent Pokou led the 1968 and 1970 tournaments in scoring, with six and eight goals respectively, and his total of 14 goals remained the all-time record until 2008. Play was covered for television for the first time during the 1970 tournament in Sudan, as the hosts lifted the trophy after defeating Ghana—who were playing their fourth consecutive final.

1970s: A decade of champions

Six different nations won titles from 1970 to 1980: Sudan, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire, Morocco, Ghana, and Nigeria. Zaire's second title in the 1974 edition (they won their first as the Democratic Republic of Congo) came after facing Zambia in the final. For the only time to date in the history of the competition, the match had to be replayed as the first contest between the two sides ended in a 2–2 draw after extra time. The final was re-staged two days later with Zaire winning 2–0. Forward Mulamba Ndaye scored all four of Zaire's goals in these two matches: he was also the top scorer of the tournament with nine goals, setting a single-tournament record that remains unmatched. Three months earlier, Zaire had become the first black African nation to qualify to the FIFA World Cup. Morocco won their first title in the 1976 ANC held in Ethiopia and Ghana took its third championship in 1978, becoming the first nation to win three titles. In 1980, Nigeria hosted the event and beat Algeria to capture its first honours.

1980s: Cameroonian and Nigerian domination

Ghana's fourth continental title came in the 1982 cup tournament; they beat Algeria in the semi-finals in extra time, and faced host Libya in the final. The match ended in a 1–1 draw after 120 minutes and Ghana won the penalty shootout to become champions. Cameroon won their first title two years later by beating Nigeria and in the 1986 cup they faced Egypt—absent from the final since 1962—with Egypt winning the title on penalty kicks. Cameroon reached its third consecutive final in the 1988 tournament and won their second championship by repeating their 1984 victory over Nigeria. In 1990, Nigeria lost once again as they made their third final appearance in four tournaments, this time falling to Algeria.

1990s: The return of South Africa

The 1992 Cup of Nations expanded the number of final tournament participants to 12; the teams were divided into four groups of three, with the top two teams of each group advancing to quarter-finals. Ghanaian midfielder Abedi "Pelé" Ayew, who scored three goals, was named the best player of the tournament after his contributions helped Ghana reach the final; he was, however, suspended for that match and Ghana lost to Côte d'Ivoire in a penalty shootout that saw each side make 11 attempts to determine the winner. Côte d'Ivoire set a record for the competition by holding each of their opponents scoreless in the six matches of the final tournament.
The 12-team, three-group format was used again two years later, where hosts Tunisia were humiliated by their first round elimination. Nigeria, who had just qualified to the World Cup for the first time in their history, won the tournament, beating Zambia, who a year before had been struck by disaster when most of their national squad died in a plane crash while traveling to play a 1994 World Cup qualification match. Nigerian forward Rashidi Yekini, who had led the 1992 tournament with four goals, repeated as the top scorer with five goals.
South Africa hosted the 20th ACN competition in 1996, marking their first ever appearance after a decades long ban was lifted with the end of apartheid in the country and a failed attempt to qualify in 1994. The number of final round participants in 1996 was expanded to the current 16, split into four groups. However, the actual number of teams playing in the final was only 15 as Nigeria withdrew from the tournament at the final moment for political reasons. Bafana Bafana won their first title on home soil, defeating Tunisia in the final.
The South Africans would reach the final again two years later in Burkina Faso, but were unable to defend their title, losing to Egypt who claimed their fourth cup.

2000s: Egypt's unprecedented Treble

The 2000 edition was hosted jointly by Ghana and Nigeria, who replaced the originally designated host Zimbabwe. Following a 2–2 draw after extra time in the final, Cameroon defeated Nigeria on penalty kicks. In 2002, Cameroon's Indomitable Lions made the second consecutive titles since Ghana had done it in the 1960s and after Egypt had done it before in 1957 and 1959. Again via penalty kicks, the Cameroonians beat first-time finalists Senegal, who also debuted in the World Cup later that year. Both finalists were eliminated in quarter finals two years later in Tunisia, where the hosts won their first title, beating Morocco 2–1 in the final. The 2006 tournament was also won by the hosts, Egypt, who reached a continental-record fifth title. The 2008 tournament was hosted by Ghana, and saw Egypt retain the trophy, winning their record-extending sixth tournament by defeating Cameroon 1–0 in the final.[7] Egypt set a new record in the 2010 tournament that was hosted by Angola by winning their third consecutive title in an unprecedented achievement on the African level after defeating Ghana 1–0 in the final, retaining the gold-plated cup indefinitely and extending their record to 7 continental titles (including when Egypt was known as the United Arab Republic between 1958 and 1971).[8]
On 31 January 2010, Egypt set a new African record, not being defeated for 19 consecutive Cup of Nations matches, since a 2–1 loss against Algeria in Tunisia in 2004,[citation needed] and a record 9 consecutive win streak.[citation needed] Egypt also set another record on that day, where it became the first African nation to win three consecutive cups joining Mexico, Argentina, and Iran who won their continent cup 3 times in a row.

Future

Ahead of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations several European clubs called for a rethink of the tournament's schedule. As it takes place during the European season, players who are involved miss several matches for their clubs.[9]
In January 2008, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced that he wanted the tournament to be held in either June or July by 2016, to fit in the international calendar, although this would preclude many countries in central and west Africa from hosting the competition (as these months occur during their wet season).[10]
In May 2010, it was announced that the tournament would be moved to odd-numbered years from 2013. This will mean the tournament will not take place in the same year as the World Cup. It also means there will be two tournaments within twelve months in January 2012[11] (co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea) and January 2013 (hosted by South Africa).[2]
On 29 January 2011, Morocco won the bid to host the 2015 edition and Libya won the right to host the 2013 tournament. But due to the 2011 Libyan civil war, Libya and South Africa traded years with South Africa hosting in 2013 and Libya hosting in 2017.

Trophy

Throughout the history of the Nations Cup, three different trophies have been awarded to the winners of the competition. The original trophy, made of silver, was the Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem Trophy, named after the first CAF president, Egyptian Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem. As the first winner of three Nations Cup tournaments, Ghana obtained the right to permanently hold the trophy in 1978.
The second trophy was awarded from 1980 to 2000, and it was named "Trophy of African Unity"or "African Unity Cup".It was given by the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa to the CAF prior to the 1980 tournament and it was a cylindrical piece with the Olympic rings over a map of the continent engraved on it. It sat on a squared base and had stylized triangular handles. Cameroon won the Unity Cup indefinitely after they became three-time champions in 2000.
In 2001, the third trophy was revealed, a gold-plated cup designed and made in Italy. Cameroon, permanent holders of the previous trophy, were the first nation to be awarded the new trophy after they won the 2002 edition. Egypt won the gold-plated cup indefinitely after they became three-time champions in 2010, in an unprecedented achievement by winning three consecutive continental titles.

Thursday 29 November 2012

THE HISTORY OF NATIONAL SPORTS FESTIVAL: HOW IT ALL STARTED

Hostilities began at the National Sports festival few days ago at EKO 2012 with a colourful opening ceremony and medals as started rolling in for the prepared states as the "generational next" of nigeria sports showchase their talents..........we present the history of the games,calling it nigeria mini olympic games will be too far away from the truth, have a nice reading this............... 

The History

The National Sports Festival was conceived as a socio-psychological initiative to rebuild the psyche of the Nigerian Nation which was traumatized by civil war in the late 1960s.

Prior to the civil war, since the days of the Empire Day Celebrations in Niger, there existed a sports competition by way of selected athletics and other games organized as one-sport or sartorial competitions between schools and/or organizations. Principal among these were the Grier cup, Manuwa I. Adebayo Cups, Principal Cup, All Nigerian Open Athlete Champions LAWNA Games, etc. However, at the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970, a conscious effort was then made to grow the existing competition in scope and scale, to have an all-inclusive National Multi-Sports competition by way of a festival.
To arrest the drift towards inter-tribal morass occasioned by the 1967-70 Civil War and most essentially, to checkmate the declining standards of Nigerian sports, the Federal Government introduced a biennial multi-sports competition, now commonly referred to as the National Sports Festival, involving all the then 12 States of the Federation. Perhaps, it could be arguably insinuated that the Sports Festival was one of the by-products of the 3Rs of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, enunciated as a way of reuniting the country, and emphasized amongst youths. The founding fathers had the twin objectives of:
With these objectives in mind, the body saddled with the responsibility of actualizing this national policy under Dr. Jerry Enyeazu (who was then the National Director of Sports) got working and came up with the framework of organizing the first National Sports Festival. Case studies of similar programmes in some countries like East Germany and others were undertaken with a view to adapting relevant modalities to the Nigerian situation for nation-wide acceptance. Indeed, the festival is said to have been modeled after the German “Spatakiad Games” where youths gathered every 2 years to compete against themselves.
The Sports Festival actually started in 1973 and has been running till date. Except in 1983, 1987, 1993 and 1995, the festival has been religiously held biennially as a multi-sports festival. The National Sports Festival has become a veritable instrument for National Unity, cohesion, peace, mutual understanding, friendship, cross-cultural affiliation as well as other positive values.
So far, 17 editions of the National Sports Festival have come and gone, the last one hosted by Rivers State, and each contributing to the promotion of the spirit of the Games toward National Development.
The 18th National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012” is billed for November, 2012 in Lagos State. This is a great opportunity for lovers of sports, and indeed, all Nigerians, to experience Lagos State with her rich culture and numerous developments. It also presents another great opportunity to build national bonds with people from other states across Nigeria, in the biggest sporting competition in the country. For those who will be attending the sports festival, you are most welcome to Lagos!

Tuesday 27 November 2012

EKO 2012: FOOTBALL EVENT KICK START NIGERIA SPORTS FESTIVAL

 

Eko 2012 Mascot

 

The men's soccer event of the 18th edition of the Nigerian National Sports Festival, also referred to Eko 2012, got underway at the Onikan Stadium and Yabatech football pitch on Monday.
According to draws for the men's soccer event released at the weekend, Team Abia and their Plateau counterparts will play the opening game at the Onikan Stadium from 8am local time (9am CAT) on Monday.
Hosts, Lagos will face Adamawa two hours later before Katsina and Delta tango in the last game of the opening in Group A at the same venue.
The seventh team in Group A, Oyo will wait to open their account on Wednesday when they face Adamawa.
The six states in Group B will begin their contest on Wednesday with a northern clash between Gombe and Zamfara.
Kwara and Osun will take centre stage before Enugu and Cross River rounds off the games for Wednesday in Group B at the Yabatech football pitch.
Two teams are expected to qualify from each of the groups for the semifinals of the men's soccer event at the National Sports Festival in Nigeria.
Group A
Adamawa
Kastina
Plateau
Oyo
Abia
Delta
Lagos
Group B
Gombe
Zamfara
Kwara
Osun
Enugu
Cross River

Abia and Plateau were walked over on Day 1 of the men's football event of the National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012 on Monday.
Plateau failed to turn up for the opening match against Adamawa around 8am local time (9am CAT) at the Onikan Stadium.
After the mandatory 15 minutes, the Plateau team were walked over.
The second match in the men's football event also failed to hold as Abia scheduled to confront their Delta counterparts did not turn up.
Supersport.com learned that the contingents of Abia and Plateau arrived in Lagos for the sports festival hours later after their men's football teams were walked over on Monday.
But hosts, Lagos started their chase for the men's football gold medal with a convincing 2-0 win over Katsina.
In the women's football event, Akwa Ibom, Edo and Osun got off to winning starts at the Agege Stadium in Lagos.
Akwa Ibom defeated Taraba by 2-1 and Edo also edged Imo by same scoreline.
Osun came from a goal down to hand Benue a 2-1 defeat.

Friday 16 November 2012

PRESEASON; BOLOWONTAN 2 V SHOOTING STARS 1;Match report


Bolowotan Football club of Ikorodu announced their arrival into the Nigeria National League(NNL) on a dashing note as they put and end to Shooting Stars Sports Club(3SC) pre-season winning streak by defeating the Oluyole Warriors by 2-1 in a preseason friendly,  on Wednesday November 14, 2012 in Ikorodu, at the club slaughter slab, Strong Tower.

Thomas Adesina openned the score sheet for 3SC, while Bolowotan got  two goals in the space of 4 minutes before the half time whistle through their hungry striker, Fidelis Iyang and Innocent Nathaniel, in the first 45 minutes of the encounter.

3SC put up a good performance in the first 15 minutes of first half, dominating possessions, winning all the balls off Bolowotan players, they took the game of their opponent, as the Ikorodu Oga Boys were nervous for the first quarter of 45 minutes, 3SC player, Thomas Adesina took an advantage of a defensive blunder by Bolowotan defenders, dribbled pass the goalkeeper, and slot in a dummy goal, on the thick of 17 minutes of play.

3SC lanky striker Ighodaro Osagona was shown a red card in the 30th minute of the game, after an infringement on Bolowotan player.

Fidelis Inyang header restored parity in the game for the Oga boys as he nodded in a cross from Nathaniel Innocent, passed 3SC goalkeeper, Olaide Okanlanhon in the 41 minutes of play, Bolowotan pressed forward, and got the match winner through a superb curl from Innocent Nathaniel from the far edge of the flank in the 44th minute, and they went into the half time with a 2-1 lead.

The two sides showed a lot of creativity and quality in the second half, several chances were created by Bolowotan to increase the tally, but they did not utilized their chances.

Super Eagles player, Phillip Asuquo, who once featured for the Nigeria National team in a friendly match against Niger Republic a couple of months ago, threatened Bolowotan defence with swift dribbles and runs, he created several chances but 3SC attackers were not quick to convert the chances in the second half to redeemed their unbeating run.

Both teams paraded virtually all their Big names, Olaide Okanlanhun,Mutiu Adegoke, Phillip Asuquo, Osagona Ighodaro, Shola Adepoju amongst others for 3SC, while Bolowotan fielded the likes of Adebayo Bello,Sordiq Shomefun, Fidelis Iyang, Innocent Nathaniel, Abubarkar Mohammed et al.

Bolowotan remain unbeaten at their home ground, and also remain unbeaten in their pre-season games.

Bolowotan next pre-season friendly will be agianst Eko football festival team on Saturday, 17th of November at Agege Stadium by 9am, the game against Kwara United will come up by next week Wednesday in Abeokuta, while Enugu Rangers game will be played by next weekend

Tuesday 13 November 2012

AHEAD NNL KICK OFF; Bolowotan Host 3SC,Ranger and Kwara United


 









Nigeria National League (NNL)side, Bolowotan Football Club of Ikorodu
have concluded plans to host top three Nigeria Premier League(NPL)
teams,Shooting Stars Sports Club(3SC), Enugu Rangers and Kwara United
in pre-season friendly match as part of their preparation for the big
challenge in the Nigeria National League 2012/2013 season.

Bolowotan will play their first pre-season game in Ikorodu at their
home ground, Strong Tower, against 3SC on 14th of November 2012, while
Rangers game will come up on the 18th of November 2012, at the same
venue. The date of the encounter between the Oga Boys and Afonja
Warriors will be communicated to newsmen when plans are concluded.

Other friendly matches, will be against, City Of David(C.O.D) Fc
Ebidei, Eko Football Festival team, Staruf Fc. The pre-season games
will serve as a test for the Ikorodu Oga Boys as they gears up for the
NNL.

The Chairman of the club, Mr. Gafaar Oluwatoyin Bolowotan believed
that the games will definately enhance his team performance as they
flagged up their NNL campaign, and also the avid fans of the club will
at least have a feel of the foremost Nigeria Premier League teams.

Mr. Gafaar says" we have taken a right step in the right direction to
play top NPL teams with high profile and pedigree in Nigeria,clubs
like 3SC, Rangers and Kwara United, and playing these clubs will be a
good test for the Oga Boys as we go into the new NNL season, we have
acquired a couple of players, we want to use the pre-season games to
test their ability when faced with tough opposition"

"Also our teeming fans have been wanting to see our team play clubs
like Shooting Stars, Rangers and Kwara United, I believe that they
(the fans) will have a swell time on Wednesday.

Bolowotan's coach, Samuel Olofu believed that his boys are in the
right frame of minds going into the pre-season games that they are
ready to show the world that their promotion to NNL was not a fluke,
these games will serve as a lunch pad for the players as they go into
the forth coming National League season.

The gaffer enthused" my boys are ready to stun top NPL teams, so that
those that think we got promoted on a platter of gold we begin to have
a re-think, the games will also help the management to test the
readiness of the players for the big task ahead."

The club have also made arrangement to unveil their players and team
officials to the world in an emphatic unveiling ceremony which will
hold on the 2nd of December 2012, in Ikorodu to wrap up their
preparation as they look forward to have a remarkable NNL outing
 
 
 

AHEAD NNL KICK OFF ;REMO STARS FC BOARD INSPECT STADIUM






The management of Remo Stars FC continues to ensure things are in
order has they prepare for the new NNL season.

The Board lead by the Chairman, Kunle Soname paid a visit to the
Gateway Stadium in Sagamu where the team plays its home games and
ensured that renovation of the stadium begins.

The Chairman met with the managers of the Stadium and discussions were
made over the immediate restructuring of the stadium looks.
The stadium which hasn't seen much action since the league season
ended has seen its turf grass over grown and the bushes around the
stadium also.

One of the mangers met on ground Mrs John disclosed that the stadium
will be in fine shape before the leagues season begins.
" As you can see work has started to put the stadium back to a better
look and thanks to Mr Soname who is ensuring that things go smoothly
around here." - She said.

Mr Kunle Soname who is the sole proprietor of the club was glad to see
that the stadium would be in good shape and be ready for the new
season.

" Its good to have a wonderful facility like this to play in and
maintaining it is key, we want the stadium to be ready for the new NNL
season even before the NNL board comes for inspection. So am glad to
see works on it has begun." - Kunle Said.

The Nigeria National League Board are expected to visit the stadium
for inspection before the league kicks off.

Saturday 3 November 2012

We Will Win Gold For Eko Football Festival Team,Bolowotan fc duo of Ochucko Jacob and Shola Bussa Boast

 









Bolowotan Football club of Ikorodu players are optimistic to win Gold
in the 18th National Sports Festival tagged Eko 2012, as The duo of
Ochuko Jacob and Shola Bussa look forward to make the team that will
be doing battle for the Eko Football Festival team.

Both players contributed immensely for Bolowotan's promotion into the
Nigeria National League (NNL) from the Nigeria Nation-wide League last
season.

Ochucko Jacob and Shola Bussa both players are currently in the Eko
Football Festival team.

Last season in the Nation-wide league, the goal poacher, Ochuko Jacob
scored a total number of nine goals in thirteen appearances, He
notched three goals in four matches in Lagos State F.A Cup 2012 , and
six goals in nine matches in the Amateur league.

Shola Bussa on the other hand is a defensive Midfielder, who has got
energy, and deadly passes, whose  defensive ability has earned him a
call-up into the Eko Football Festival  team.

The two players expressed their profound gratitudes towards the Lagos
State Government and the organizers.

"I must thank the Lagos State Government for this event which has
become a success even before the kick off date" and also the
organizers who has deemed it fit to give us a chance to prove
ourselves, we promised to put a smile on the faces of Lagosians and
all sport lovers in the state" by lifting the trophy in the football
category of the sports festival" says Ochuko.

Shola Bussa says" the organizers are putting everything in places to
ensure that we win the trophy and we can not afford to dissapoint
them".

Bolowotan coach, Samuel Olofu  believed that his boys will not
dissapoint him. He says" Ochuko is an attacker who can play and
offensive role and as well as the top man, he has got skills, he can
tear any defence apart if care is not taking",

"Shola is a team mover, despite the fact that he plays a defence role
yet you see him launching attacks, and he wins the ball alot, he has
got power and energy that can last for over 90 minutes," when you put
all of these qualities together you will agree with me that they will
make me proud at the end of the day".
 
 
 
By olawale quadry

Thursday 1 November 2012

BEACH SOCCER DUBAI 2012;ALL THE UPDATES,FIXTURES AND RESULTS


The new edition of the SAMSUNG Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai has already found its place in the Beach Soccer Calendar. Between October 30th and November the 3rd, the United Arab Emirates resort will host a new chapter in its amazing Beach Soccer history, again with the best teams in each continent battling for a valuable and prestigious trophy.

The amazing maiden edition of the tournament, held in November 2011, lit the way and made the will to have it happening again blossom inside everyone involved. This desire was satisfied weeks ago, with the official agreement between the Dubai Sports Council and Beach Soccer Worldwide to have the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup setting camp in Dubai for the next five years.

DATEK.O TIMECLASSIFICATIONMATCHRESULT
30/OCT/201216:45GROUP STAGEJAPAN - SWITZERLAND4-7
30/OCT/201218:00GROUP STAGERUSSIA - USA9-1
30/OCT/201219:15GROUP STAGEBRAZIL - NIGERIA6-3
30/OCT/201220:30GROUP STAGEUAE - TAHITI3-2
31/OCT/201216:45GROUP STAGENIGERIA - SWITZERLAND                                 7 -6
31/OCT/201218:00GROUP STAGERUSSIA - TAHITI4-2
31/OCT/201219:15GROUP STAGEBRAZIL - JAPAN6-5
31/OCT/201220:30GROUP STAGEUSA - UAE3-5
01/NOV/201216:45GROUP STAGENIGERIA - JAPAN6-5
01/NOV/201218:00GROUP STAGETAHITI - USA
01/NOV/201219:15GROUP STAGESWITZERLAND - BRAZIL
01/NOV/201220:30GROUP STAGEUAE - RUSSIA
02/NOV/201219:15SEMI FINALSbrazil vs uae
02/NOV/201220:30SEMI FINALSnigeria vs russia4-- 9
03/NOV/201219:153RD/4TH PLACEnigeria vs uae
03/NOV/201220:30FINALrussia vs brazil