Qualifiers Emerge for BOA Lawyers League Round of 16

Qualifiers for the Round of 16 of the 2017 Bankole Olumide Aluko (BOA) Lawyers Football Tournament have emerged following the conclusion of the group stage matches last weekend.

Four teams qualified from each of the four groups to make up the 16 teams to battle on home and away basis for the quarter-final tickets.

According to a statement from Astroturf 2000, organisers of the annual football tournament for lawyers based in Lagos, “after the home and away knockout stage, eight teams will automatically qualify and proceed to the quarter finals.

“In the event of draws, penalties will be deployed as a deciders. Each team in the shoot out is entitled to three penalties to decide which team proceeds to the next stage,” stressed the statement from Astroturf 2000.

Teams that qualified from Group A include; BA Law/ Probitas Partners; Lagos State Ministry of Justice; Olaniwun Ajayi and Olajide Oyewole

In Group B, Olisa Agbakoba Legal; Falana & Falana; Fides & Fiducia and Templars made it to the next crucial phase of the tournament.

Group C qualifiers include; Pinheiro LP; Udo-Udoma Belo & Osagie; Tayo Oyetibo/Bayo Osipitan and Adepetun Caxton Martins Agbor & Segun

From Group D, Aluko & Oyebode; Banwo & Ighodalo; Streamsower & Kohn/Foundation and Ajumogobia & Okeke are the qualifiers that completed the list of 16 teams to battle in the Round of 16.

The Round of 16 matches are scheduled to begin on Sunday, April 2 at the same venue,

The 15th edition of the annual Bankole Olumide Aluko (BOA) Football Tournament for law firms kicked off on Sunday, February 26 at the Astroturf 2000 Facility in Ikoyi, Lagos.

The tournament is held in memory of the late notable lawyer, Mr. Bankole Olumide Aluko, a founding partner in the law firm of Aluko & Oyebode (A& O).