Kebbi Beach Soccer Team Flying Africa’s Flag High at 2023 World Winners Cup

As the curtain draws on the 2023 World Winners Cup, in Alghero, Italy, tomorrow, Africa’s only representative at the tournament and Nigeria’s beach soccer league champions – Kebbi Beach Soccer is proud to hoist Africa’s flag high at the event courtesy of Wacot Rice Limited.

Kebbi Beach Soccer on Thursday booked their place to the round of 16 from a very tight group that consist of host country, Italy, Denmark and Slovakia.

The African representative sensationally pummelled Slovakian club BS Vion, 15 – 1 to book a Round of 16 ticket at the World Winners Cup after starting the tourney on a rather unimpressive note, losing their opening two games to Copenhagen BSC of Denmark and ASD Napoli of Italy.

Two goals in the first period by Filipov and Ekene Obi opened the floodgate of goals for the Nigerian champions.

The second period saw them scoring six goals with a hat trick from Filipov while Hassan Muhammed scored twice and Usman Mohammed got his name on the score sheet as well.

The team wrapped up victory with emphatic seven goals in the third period, thereby qualifying as the third-best team in Group A.

The Kebbi Beach Soccer Club departed Nigeria for the 2023 Beach Soccer World Winners Cup in Alghero, courtesy of Wacot Rice Limited.

According to the Chairman of Wacot Rice Limited, Mr. Farouk Gumel, the company has proven over the years that it is not only known for rice production but also sports development.

“We did not go to the 2023 Beach Soccer World Winners Cup in Alghero, Italy, to represent Nigeria, but Africa and we are very proud we represented the continent very well,” Gumel said.

The Kebbi Fishers was welcome by a delegation led by Nigeria’s Ambassador to Italy, Mfawa Omini Abam, when the team landed at Fiumicino International Airport in Rome.

The competition which started on September 26 end tomorrow, October 1.