Ayo Babes from Ajeromi, Lagos emerged champions of the second edition of JOF U-13 Football Cup tournament after defeating Junior Arsenal from Alimosho 3-2 in the final held at the Campos Mini Stadium on Lagos Island on Sunday.
The final was watched by dignitaries including the Managing Director of the sponsor company, JOF Nigeria Limited, Segun Olugboyegun, Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbajo, and a host of others.
The third place match was decided through penalty shootouts after Prince Boys from Lekki and AZ Zola Babes from Ijegun played 4-4 draw in the regulation time. Prince Boys won the game 6-5 penalties.
For winning the tournament, Ayo Babes were proud winners of the sum of N300,000, while Junior Arsenal pocketed N200,000. The sum of N150,000 and N100,000 were given to Prince Boys (3rd place) and A Zola (fourth place) respectively.
An elated Managing Director of JOF Nigeria Limited, Olugboyegun applauded the performance of all the teams that took part in the second edition, and gave kudos to the new champions for putting up good fights to the final.
For his exemplary performance, Boluwatife Thomas of Ayo Babes won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, Ishola Alimeen of AZ Zola was given the Highest Goal Scorer award after netting 9 goals in the tournament. Goalkeeper award went to Bakare Quymola of Junior Arsenal. Best Behave Team award was given to Young Stars of Lagos Island, who were coached by Adeiyi Wasiu, while Best Coach award went to Bankole Abdullahi of AZ Zola.
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