Stephen Keshi U-17 tourney to hold December in Benin City

The third edition of Stephen Keshi National U-17 football tournament will kick off from 1st to 5th December 2020 in the ancient city of Benin, Edo State.

This was contained in a statement released by the Board of Trustees of the Stephen Keshi Football and Vocational Training Center (SKFVTC) Obazuwa.

The Annual youth tournament, which follows the hosting of the Stephen Keshi Annual Memorial lecture, which promises to  attract more than 40 Youths  Football teams from across the states of Nigeria to Edo is put together by the Stephen Keshi Football and Vocational Training Centre Obazuwa, under the auspices of Nigeria Players Union, National Association of Nigeria Professional Footballers, NANPF,  to immortalise and preserve the legacies and contributions of late Stephen Keshi, both as a coach and player to the overall development of football in Africa

The inaugural edition of the tournament was held in Benin, Edo State in  2018 and was later expanded in its second hosting  2019 in Asaba, Delta State to include two categories, Under 17 and 21.

This year’s edition, due to impact of Covid19 pandemic resulting in restrictions of sporting activities which has just been lifted, has led the organizers to deliberately package this year’s edition to capture only the under 17 category due to time constraints.

The competition is to mark the fourth-anniversary ceremony of late Stephen Keshi Keshi, former national team captain and coach of the Super Eagles who died in Benin on the 7th of June 2016.