Winners emerged from the NIGERIA FOOTBALL FREESTYLE CHAMPIONSHIP, 2024 in Lagos

 The Nigeria Freestyle Football 2024 was beyond phenomenal and some amongst the many talented street footballers emerged victorious.

This weekend, the World Freestyle Football Association put some of Nigeria’s finest freestyle footballers to a spectacular battle. The event powered by Feet‘N'Tricks Limited was held at the Balmoral Convention Center (Sheraton), Ikeja, Lagos, on Saturday 21st of September.

28 contestants went head-to-head for the Title of 2024 Nigerian Freestyle Football Champion, a brand ambassador deal with Predator Energy, the chance to represent Nigeria at the African Freestyle Football Championship, cash prizes, PR deals, and more!

After a thrilling display of talent and skill, the following individuals emerged victorious:

Female category:

- 3rd place; Miracle Ngozi, (Aba, Abia State): N500,000

- 2nd place; Augustina Unamba (FCT, Abuja): N750,000

- Champion; Evelyn Okafor (Imo State): N1,500,000

Male category

- 3rd place; Prince Okereke (Imo State): N500,000

- 2nd place; Benjamin Ebong (Akwa Ibom State): N750,000

- Champion; Ezeakabukudu BlessedChild (Anambra State): N1,500,000

All the contestants were excellent, and I would like to thank you all for your courage, hard work, and dedication. Freestyle Football as an art form would not exist without the hard work of people like you. Thank you to the amazing teams, and everyone else who worked hard to make this edition a success! It was outstanding! I'd also like to thank our supporters and so many others. Thank you for keeping the Sports Lovers dreams alive! I hope we can do so much more at the next edition and that more gifted freestylers will take the stage" said Valentine Ozigbo

Concerning the African Freestyle Football Championship 2024 on the Press release released by World Freestyle football association, they had this to say

Dan Wood, Head of Partnerships at the WFFA, said: “It has been a fantastic process to collaborate and map this partnership with the team at Predator & Fury. Their commitment to grassroots and the development communities across Africa is what really excites us at the WFFA and are proud to team up initially in these four dynamic countries”

Valentine Ozigbo, WFFA Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the event promoter Feet’N’Tricks, added: “We are really thankful for this great partnership; we are able to build a flagship example of how Freestyle Football can transform the lives of people across Africa and the world when key stakeholders come together. We are truly excited for what can be developed together in the future”

The winners from Lagos will meet other African football freestylers to battle for championship.

The dates and locations for the National Freestyle Football Championships are as follows:

Nigeria: Lagos, 21st September 2024 (concluded)

Egypt: Cairo, 9th November 2024

Kenya: Nairobi, 29th November 2024

Uganda: Kampala, 6th December 2024

A core component of the African street football championship roadshow is the education and mentoring of 100 community leaders (Football coaches, NGO workers and teachers) within each country who are working with 16-to-25 year-olds. Reportedly, the "WFFA’s FsLife Development" training course will equip all community leaders in attendance with the resources and ability to build self-esteem and entrepreneurship through football within their communities


Source: WFFA

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