Hockey
By Victor Okoye
Abuja, Dec. 21, 2018 (NAN) Kada Stars male hockey club of Kaduna and Niger Flickers of Minna both lost their final matches in the round-robin phase of the ongoing Africa Cup for Club Champions on Friday.
Kada Stars lost 1-2 to GRA of Ghana to finish sixth in the six-club male competition, recording five losses from five matches, scoring six goals and conceding 18.
Niger Flickers lost 3-4 to Exchequers of Ghana and placed fifth, having recorded three points after securing a win (a 3-1 defeat of Kada Stars) from five matches.
They conceded 17 goals and scored 10.
Both sides joined their female counterparts on the losing side, after the Delta Queens of Asaba and Kada Queens of Kaduna finished sixth and fifth respectively in their six-club competition also.
Delta Queens and Kada Queens had near-identical results, but the latter edged the former on goals difference.
Both had two draws each from five matches each, but Kada Queens scored one goal and conceded five, while Delta Queens scored four and conceded 15.
The final results in the round-robin phase meant Delta Queens will face Kada Queens on Saturday morning in the 5th and 6th classification match.
The same situation applies to Kada Stars and Niger Flickers too, and they will meet in the 5th and 6th classification match on Saturday morning.
In the other classification matches, Eastern Company of Egypt which finished third in the male competition’s earlier phase will take on Exchequers of Ghana which finished fourth.
Ghana Police and USIU of Kenya finished third and fourth respectively in the round-robin phase of the female competition, and will now face off in the classification game.
Telkom of Kenya who topped the table at the end of the round-robin phase will take on second-placed GRA of Ghana in the match for the female competition’s overall winners.
Competition’s defending champions El-Sharkia of Egypt will take on the GRA Men club of Ghana in the battle for the men’s competition title.
Both sides had placed first and second respectively in the round-robin matches, where they drew 4-4 in their on the opening day.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the championships holding at the astro-turf pitch of the Abuja National Stadium had began on Saturday and will end this Saturday.
Below are the clubs’ final placings after the round-robin matches, and the pairings in the final/classification matches and their times:
Male Competition
Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
El-Sharkia of Egypt 5 4 1 0 26 15 +11 13
GRA of Ghana 5 3 2 0 13 9 +4 11
Eastern Company of Egypt 5 3 0 2 15 10 +5 9
Exchequers of Ghana 5 2 1 2 12 13 -1 7
Niger Flickers of Minna 5 1 0 4 10 17 -7 3
Kada Stars of Kaduna 5 0 0 5 6 18 -12 0
Female Competition
Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Telkom of Kenya 5 4 0 1 11 3 +8 12
GRA of Ghana 5 3 2 0 9 0 +9 11
Ghana Police 5 3 1 1 9 5 +4 10
USIU of Kenya 5 1 1 3 4 10 -6 4
Kada Queens of Kaduna 5 0 2 3 1 5 -4 2
Delta Queens of Asaba 5 0 2 3 4 15 -11 2
Final/Classification Pairings
Kada Queens vs Delta Queens 7:00 a.m.
Niger Flickers vs Kada Stars 8:45 a.m.
Eastern Company vs Exchequers 10:00 a.m.
Ghana Police vs USIU 12:00 noon
Telkom vs GRA Ladies 2:00 p.m.
El-Sharkia vs GRA Men 4:00 p.m.
(NAN)
VO/OLAL
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(Edited by Olawale Alabi)