The inaugural edition of Nigeria Premier Football League youth league finals will take place in Benin City, the capital of Edo State according to the organisers of the league, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports.
This was made known by Pastor Emeka Inyama who is the chairman of the NPFL Youth League committee on Tuesday.
Inyama also disclosed that the finals will take place from February 24 to March 2 at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City.
“We expect the teams to arrive Benin on the 24th, and first rounds of matches will begin on February 25th,” Pastor Inyama told NPFL Media.
5 teams qualified from the zonal qualifiers - Rangers International from the South East, Rivers United from South South, Remo Stars from the Southwest, Katsina United from North East/west and Plateau United from North Central.
The qualifiers was played at five centres from February 1 to 3 from where teams emerged for the championship finals.
Uche Dozie