Kaduna Pre-Season Tournament Kicks off

The annual Kaduna pre season tournament sponsored by hon abdulazeez mohammed will start on the 13th of January and end on the 18th of January 2014. Already, 14 teams have comfirmed their participation,the teams are,Kano Pillars,Bayelsa united,Enyinba of Aba, El-kanemi Warriors,Nasarawa united,Kaduna united,Wiki Tourist ,Katsina Spotlight ,Jigawa Golden Stars, Sokoto united, Ranchers Bees, DSS FC, Kwara united and Kaduna Bees. Two teams, TEAP FC Abuja and
Niger Tornadoes are yet to comfirm their participation.

According to the sponsor of the tournament,Hon. Abdul Azeez Mohammed, the pre season tournament is organized to prepare Kaduna teams and northwest teams playing in the league ,as well as the teams representing Nigeria in the continent,considering the fact that the premier league will not start before the first round of the caf champions league and the confederation cup.

He added that the Nigeria premier league champions Kano Pillars lost in the semi finals of the last year’s pre season tourney to Wiki Tourist of Bauchi but went on to win the Nigeria premier league,the pre season tournament gave each team an opportunity to see their teams in real match situation before the league.