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| Daniel Wood World |
The Judges and Freestylers for the first
ever African Freestyle Football Championship have arrived in Centre of Excellency,
Lagos for competition that will start this coming Thursday, September 13th
Judges that have arrived in Lagos for
the epoch competition are Tobias Brandal Busaet from Norway, Gautier Fayolle
from France and Szymon Maciej Skalski. Also
the Co-founder of World Freestyle Football Association (WFFA) Daniel Wood World,
the umpire body, in addition to other members of the WFFA including Lukas
Skoda, the Director of Operations.
The championship will also host
international freestyle professionals; Guinness world record holder, Iya Traore
and Female freestyle legend, Raquel Benetti from Brazil. Both came in to Lagos
Tuesday evening
Nigerian freestylers competing in the
tournament are also expected to arrive Lagos today from their bases where they
have been preparing to win top prizes including a saloon car, courtesy of GAC
Motors and $50,000.
Chairman, Feet ‘n’ Tricks International,
Valentine Ozigbo, on Tuesday said all arrangements for the competition have
been concluded.
“We have everything covered because we
have been on the planning for a long time. Our target is to make participants
enjoy the tournament while fans should also appreciate freestyle more. “The
entertainment aspect will also be excellent while we also expect our
ambassadors to add colour to the event,” Ozigbo said.
Former professional English footballer,
John Fashanu; former Head of Lagos State Football Association, Waidi Akanni;
and former Super Eagles Coach, Samson Siasia, Superstar actresses, Kate Henshaw
and Tonto Dikeh were recently named as brand ambassadors for this year’s
Championship.
The qualifying rounds and Nigerian
championship takes place on September 13th -14th, 2018 at the Balmoral
Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos while the best 16 male and
eight female freestyle athletes in Africa will emerge to battle it out at the
grand finale on September 15, 2018.
This event is endorsed by World
Freestyle Football Association and sponsored by Heritage Bank, Sprite, GAC
Motors, MTN, Startimes, FIRS, Eko Disco, Goal.com among others
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