Kada Stars hockey team of Kaduna on Saturday defeated Police Machine of Abuja in the final match 4-2 to retain the 2023 Nigeria Hockey Federation (NHF) Super League title.
The NKada Stars said the team worked hard to earn the victory .ews Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the was played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja.
Godwin Sunday opened scoring for Police Machine in the third minute through a penalty corner.
Kada Stars immediately fought back to equalize through Kish Victor, through a field goal while James Samalia scored the second goal in the 15th minute through penalty corner for Kada Stars.
Samalia again scored in the 29th minute through a penalty stroke.
Police Machine made it 3-2 in the 32nd minute through Mohammed Inuwa via a field goal to mark.
Kada Ibrahim Elkana made it 4-2 through a penalty corner in the 52 minute.
NAN reports that Kada stars defeated Police machine 3-0 in 2021 and 2-1 in the 2022 super league to retain the title.
Speaking after the match , Nda-baba Abdullahi, the head coach of
Kada Stars said the team worked hard to earn the victory .
“We worked hard to earn this victory and also our female team ( Kada Queens ) also clinched the title,” he said.
The coach of the team said they need to go back to the drawing board work excel Sat the Africa club cup championship.(ACCC).
“We truly want to improve on our Africa rankings and on Africa continent tournament. With the quality of players we have and their commitment, we hope to make it, “he said.
NAN reports that both teams will represent Nigeria at the Africa club Cup for Champions (ACCC) in November in Malawi.
In the women’s category, Delta Queens and Kada Queens will represent Nigeria at the ACCC.
NAN reports that 20 teams are participating in the Super League, with nine of them in the women’s category and 11 in the men’s category.
The competition which began on July 29 ended (Today) Saturday.
