The 2021 Nigeria Women's Cup (known as the 2021
Aiteo Women's Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th edition of the
Nigeria Women's Cup, the main knockout tournament for
women's football in Nigeria.
Bayelsa Queens
Bayelsa Queens is a Nigerian women football club based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. They play in the highest pyramid of women football in Nigeria. They have won three championships in the Nigeria Women Premier League in the year 2004, 2 ...
won their first Aiteo Cup after defeating
Robo Queens 4–2 at the final after they had lost the previous six finals they played in. This also marked the first and only time two clubs from the same state won the Aiteo cup at both the men and women's edition in the same season as
Bayelsa United
Bayelsa United FC is a football club based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, Nigeria. They play in the second division of Nigerian football, the Nigeria National League. Their home games are played at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Ovom, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
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also won the
men's edition.
Nasarawa Amazons
Nasarawa Amazons F.C. is a women's association football club based in Lafia in Nasarawa State, the club is related to the men's football club Nasarawa United. The home jersey is green, the away jersey is white with a diagonal sky blue stripe.
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were the defending champions but were eliminated by
Robo Queens at the quarterfinals.
Format
20 clubs from 19
states plus the
FCT entered the tournament.
The first round involves the 8 lowest placed clubs, the winners then proceed to the second round where they join the remaining 12 clubs.
Matches are played 90 minutes, tied fixtures goes straight to a penalty shoot-out.
First round
Eight clubs participated in this round. All matches were played on 4 July.
Second round
Sixteen clubs participated in this round, the four winners from the
first round
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and the remaining 12 clubs. Matches were played on 8 July.
Quarter-finals
The eight winners from the
second round
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were pitted against each other.
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Semi-finals
Bayelsa Queens qualified for their seventh cup final (of which they had won none) as they inflicted on Rivers Angels their heaviest defeat in its club's history. Robo Queens also reached their first Aiteo cup final as they defeated Edo Queens on penalty-shootout.
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Final
The final was played on 8 August at the
Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium
The Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Benin City, Nigeria. Originally known as Ogbe Stadium, it is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Bendel Insurance FC and Edo Queens FC.
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in Benin City. It was shown live before the men's final which was played later that day.
Awards
References
{{Football in Nigeria
2020–21 in Nigerian football
Women's cup