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By Johnny Edward.
The Interim Management Committee has announced that the Nigeria Professional Football League Super 6 tourney will hold from June 3 to 11 in Lagos, The PUNCH reports.
This was made known by the IMC in a statement made available to our correspondent on Monday.
With each of the six teams playing each other, a total of 15 games will be played in five days, with free days in between the match days.
According to Head, Operations, IMC, Davidson Owumi, the review of the schedule was agreed with the Nigeria Football Federation to accommodate the league and the Federation Cup.
“With Federation Cup round of 16 and quarter-final fixtures slated for May 24 and 28, we reasoned that the Super 6 can no longer hold from the earlier date as some of the teams that might qualify for the play-off are also possibly going to be in the Federation Cup,” Owumi said.
Teams are expected to arrive in Lagos June 1, while match officials will arrive the following day.
The IMC added that the format would declare as champions the club with the highest points at the completion of the matches.
The regular season of the NPFL, which is abridged into two groups, will be concluded May 21, with the three top teams in each group qualifying for the play-off.