The male and female teams of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) have won the Vice-Chancellor’s Cup in the Inter-faculty Soccer Tournament. (400-Level History)
Activities at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) literally moved to the Sport Complex last week, as students participated in the Inter-faculty Soccer Tournament. It was another edition of the Vice-Chancellor’s Cup, which involved male and female teams from all the 15 faculties.
The contest started from the preliminary stages where the teams struggled for points to qualify for knockout. At the end of the knockout, two teams in each of the categories qualified for the final.
In the female category, faculties of Arts and Education teams made it to the finals; the male category, faculties of Arts and Life Sciences battled for the trophy.
The final matches started at 11am at the Faculty of Education football pitch. The atmosphere was colourful as the field was filled by supporters of the contesting teams. The female teams opened the match, which was a contest between the defending champion, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Arts.
The game started on a mild tempo, with both teams taking possessions of the ball and exhibiting confidence. The tempo, however, changed 10 minutes after the match started. Juliet Chinwuba of the Faculty of Arts scored, disrupting the opponent’s defence to place the ball into the net. After regulation time, the female match ended 1-0 in favour of the Faculty of Arts.
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