NCDMB Qualifies for NOGIG 2024 Football Event Q’final

Olu Osagie

As the preliminary group matches of the football event of the 19th Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games (NOGIG) wind up today, Team NCDMB have emerged as the first qualifiers for the quarter finals stage of the competition.

After their 5-1 demolition of ExxonMobil on Marchday 1, NCDMB followed that up with a comprehensive 4-0 thrashing of ARADEL at the Shell Residential Area Football field in Port Harcourt, yesterday.

With the victory, NCDMB maintained the top spot in Group 4 with maximum points. They became the first team to win a quarterfinals ticket.

In other matches played at the same venue yesterday, NLNG pipped TotalEnergies 1-0, leaving the losers in a precarious position, even as they still lead the group on superior goal difference. The leadership of the group will be determined today after NLNG match against SEPLAT, who lost their opening game against TotalEnergies.

In other matches slated for today, ExxonMobil will square up against ARADEL while NUPRC will take on CHEVRON in a Group 2 match.

The defending champions NNPC and SHELL will rekindle their old rivalry in the last match of the day.