The roadworthy to the 2025/26 Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL) Premiership is officially mapped retired pursuing Wednesday’s gully for the 2025 NWFL Championship.
With the contention billed for 11–21 September successful Abia State, Umuahia and Abiriba volition play big to 17 ambitious clubs, each chasing the coveted promotion tickets to the apical formation of women’s shot successful Nigeria.
The draw, conducted astatine the NWFL Secretariat successful Abuja and streamed unrecorded for transparency, grouped the teams into 4 pools crossed 2 big cities.
According to the format, lone the winners of each radical volition unafraid automatic promotion to the Premiership.
Group A: Umuahia takes centre stage
The superior metropolis of Umuahia volition big 2 groups, mounting the signifier for fierce rivalries and tactical battles.
Group A1 (Umuahia Base):
Royal Queens
Gallant Queens
Castmog Ladies
First Mahi Babes
Group A2 (Umuahia Base):
Sunshine Queens
Fortress Ladies
Unification FC
Kwara Ladies
Sunshine Queens, 1 of the astir recognisable names successful the draw, volition look to usage their Premiership acquisition arsenic leverage.
But Kwara Ladies and Fortress Ladies person built reputations arsenic stubborn sides, portion Royal Queens successful Group A1 stay a acheronian equine susceptible of springing surprises.
Group B: Abiriba gears up for fireworks
The historical municipality of Abiriba, famed for its vibrant assemblage enactment for football, volition big the remaining 2 groups.
Group B1 (Abiriba Base):
Pelican Stars
Ahudiyannem Queens
Wazbak International
Chosen Generation Angels
Group B2 (Abiriba Base):
Osun Babes
Ghetto Tigers
Moje Queens
Delta Babes
Imo Striker Queens
Here Pelican Stars; 1 of the oldest clubs successful Nigerian women’s shot with a storied past successful the Premiership header Group B1. But their roadworthy won’t beryllium easy, arsenic debutants Ahudiyannem Queens and Chosen Generation Angels participate with youthful hunger.
In Group B2, Osun Babes and Delta Babes basal retired arsenic heavyweights, portion Ghetto Tigers and Moje Queens person everything to summation by upsetting the order.
What’s astatine stake?
The NWFL Championship is the captious gateway into Nigeria’s elite women’s league. Over the years, it has produced immoderate of the astir competitory teams successful the Premiership, serving arsenic a launchpad for emerging stars who spell connected to correspond Nigeria astatine some nine and nationalist levels.
With 4 promotion slots available, 1 from each group, the stakes are immense. For galore clubs, this is much than a tournament: it is simply a accidental to elevate their status, pull sponsorships, and springiness their players the level to vie against the precise best.
Abia State: The caller theatre of dreams
By splitting the tourney betwixt Umuahia and Abiriba, the NWFL is not lone spreading the contention crossed 2 passionate shot hubs but besides deepening its grassroots reach. Both towns person supposedly prepared upgraded facilities and are expected to gully ample crowds, creating a lively ambiance passim the ten-day event.
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The bigger picture
This year’s Championship comes astatine a clip of rising momentum successful Nigerian women’s football. The NWFL Premiership continues to turn successful visibility, with Bayelsa Queens, Rivers Angels, and Delta Queens consistently making marks on...
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