The Board of Trustees of the Stephen Keshi Football and Vocational Training Center (SKFVTC) Obazuwa, has commenced plans to kick start the 3rd Edition of the Stephen Keshi National Under 17 Football Tournament from 1st to 5th December 2020 in the ancient City of Benin Edo State
The Annual youth tournament, which follows the hosting of the Stephen Keshi annual Memorial lecture, which promises to attract more than 40 Youths Football teams from across the states of Nigeria to Edo is put together by the Stephen Keshi Football and Vocational Training Centre Obazuwa, under the auspices of Nigeria Players Union, National Association of Nigeria Professional Footballers, NANPF, to immortalize and preserve the legacies and contributions of late Stephen Keshi, both as a coach and player to the overall development of football in Africa.
The inaugural edition of the tournament was held in Benin, Edo State in 2018 and was later expanded in its second hosting 2019 in Asaba Delta State to include two categories, Under 17 and 21.
This years edition, due to the impact of the Covid19 pandemic resulting in restrictions of sporting activities which has just been lifted, has led the organizers to deliberately packaged this year edition to capture only the under 17 category due to time constraints
