Aisha Buhari Invitational tournament is an
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
tournament organized by the
Nigerian football federation for the
female national team.
History
The Inaugural edition was held in Lagos with both FIFA and CAF president honoring the event The South Africa women's national team came first in the Aisha Buhari cup's inaugural edition. The event was held at the Mobolaji Johnson Stadium, Lagos, Nigeria.
Format
The competition comprises six nations which includes,
Ghana
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,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
and the hosts Nigeria
Results
See also
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International competitions in women's association football
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FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA), the sport's international governing bo ...
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Women's Olympic Football Tournament
Football at the Summer Olympics, referred to as the Olympic Football Tournament, has been included in every Summer Olympic Games as a men's competition sport, except 1896 (the inaugural Games) and 1932 (in an attempt to promote the new FIFA Wor ...
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Cyprus Women's Cup
The Cyprus Women's Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football. It has been held annually in Cyprus since 2008. Although the competition takes place in Cyprus, the hosts have yet to take part in th ...
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SheBelieves Cup
The SheBelieves Cup is an invitational women's soccer tournament held in different cities in the United States in late February or early March. In its first three years (2016, 2017 and 2018), it was contested by the same four teams: the United ...
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Turkish Women's Cup
The Turkish Women's Cup (Turkish: Türkiye Kadınlar Kupası) is the annual cup competition of women's football teams in Turkey. The tournament is also known as ''Alanya Gold City Cup'', as the tournament is held at the Gold City in Alanya, Turke ...
References
External links
International women's association football invitational tournaments
Women's football friendly trophies
Recurring sporting events established in 2021
Football competitions in Nigeria
Women's football in Nigeria
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