BREAKING: Nigeria Completes Historic Double! Men\u2019s Team Edges Egypt 13\u201312 To Win IFAF Africa Flag Football Championship<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nHowever, Ablaze FA held their nerve in the penalty shootout, edging out Inspire SA 4-3 to clinch the prestigious title.<\/p>\n
The tournament, which featured 12 U16 teams from across Nigeria, took place over two days \u2014 June 20 and 21, 2025.<\/p>\n
It served as a scouting platform for young talent under the watchful eyes of Bayern Munich\u2019s Head of International Youth Programs, Lars Weichert, and Bayern legend Diego Contento.<\/p>\n
In the third-place match, Shuffle Football Academy defeated Select FA 2-0 to claim bronze.<\/p>\n
Shuffle FA had earlier lost a tightly contested semi-final to Ablaze FA on penalties, falling short despite a resilient performance.<\/p>\n
Below is the final standings of all 12 participating teams at the end of the tournament is as follows:<\/p>\n
1. Ablaze FA \u2013 Champions<\/p>\n
2. Inspire SA \u2013 Runner-up<\/p>\n
3. Shuffle FA \u2013 Third Place<\/p>\n
4. Select FA \u2013 Fourth<\/p>\n
5. Alpha FA \u2013 Joint Fifth<\/p>\n
6. Beta FA \u2013 Joint Fifth<\/p>\n
7. Dan Alkali FA \u2013 Sixth<\/p>\n
8. FC Bako \u2013 Eighth<\/p>\n
9. Rangers Int\u2019l \u2013 Ninth<\/p>\n
10. Femi Gbaja FA \u2013 Tenth<\/p>\n
11. TFA Squad \u2013 Eleventh<\/p>\n
12. Utmost FA \u2013 Twelfth<\/p>\n
The event concluded with a certificate presentation ceremony for players and coaches, presided over by Lars Weichert and Diego Contento, underscoring Bayern Munich\u2019s continued commitment to youth development in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
The victory marks a remarkable return to glory for Ablaze FA, who were the inaugural champions of the tournament, reaffirming their status as a breeding ground for footballing talent in the country<\/p>\n
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![<\/a><\/div>\nAblaze Football Academy has emerged champions of the 7th edition of the FC Bayern Youth Cup Nigeria after a dramatic finale against Inspire Sports Academy of Lagos, Sports247 reports.<\/p>\nThe final, held at Inspire Pitch, NITEL Field in Oshodi, Lagos on Saturday saw both teams battle to a goalless draw in regulation time.<\/p>\nRead Also: <\/strong>BREAKING: Nigeria Completes Historic Double! Men\u2019s Team Edges Egypt 13\u201312 To Win IFAF Africa Flag Football Championship<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nHowever, Ablaze FA held their nerve in the penalty shootout, edging out Inspire SA 4-3 to clinch the prestigious title.<\/p>\nThe tournament, which featured 12 U16 teams from across Nigeria, took place over two days \u2014 June 20 and 21, 2025.<\/p>\nIt served as a scouting platform for young talent under the watchful eyes of Bayern Munich\u2019s Head of International Youth Programs, Lars Weichert, and Bayern legend Diego Contento.<\/p>\nIn the third-place match, Shuffle Football Academy defeated Select FA 2-0 to claim bronze.<\/p>\nShuffle FA had earlier lost a tightly contested semi-final to Ablaze FA on penalties, falling short despite a resilient performance.<\/p>\nBelow is the final standings of all 12 participating teams at the end of the tournament is as follows:<\/p>\n1. Ablaze FA \u2013 Champions<\/p>\n2. Inspire SA \u2013 Runner-up<\/p>\n3. Shuffle FA \u2013 Third Place<\/p>\n4. Select FA \u2013 Fourth<\/p>\n5. Alpha FA \u2013 Joint Fifth<\/p>\n6. Beta FA \u2013 Joint Fifth<\/p>\n7. Dan Alkali FA \u2013 Sixth<\/p>\n8. FC Bako \u2013 Eighth<\/p>\n9. Rangers Int\u2019l \u2013 Ninth<\/p>\n10. Femi Gbaja FA \u2013 Tenth<\/p>\n11. TFA Squad \u2013 Eleventh<\/p>\n12. Utmost FA \u2013 Twelfth<\/p>\nThe event concluded with a certificate presentation ceremony for players and coaches, presided over by Lars Weichert and Diego Contento, underscoring Bayern Munich\u2019s continued commitment to youth development in Nigeria.<\/p>\nThe victory marks a remarkable return to glory for Ablaze FA, who were the inaugural champions of the tournament, reaffirming their status as a breeding ground for footballing talent in the country<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t Post Views:<\/span> 2<\/span> \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ablaze Football Academy has emerged champions of the 7th edition of the FC Bayern Youth Cup Nigeria after a dramatic finale against Inspire Sports Academy of Lagos, Sports247 reports. The final, held at Inspire Pitch, NITEL Field in Oshodi, Lagos on Saturday saw both teams battle to a goalless draw in regulation time. Read Also: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6897,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6895\/revisions\/6897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.sports247.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-22-at-9.40.39-AM.jpeg\"){kind=link}