Fortune basketball from Ogun state has emerged champions of the maiden edition of southwest female basketball competition.

The Abeokuta based team defeated Hoopsdream of Oyo state by 24 to 22 points In the keenly contested final of the competition played at Alake sports centre, Ijeja Abeokuta.


The southwest female basketball competition with theme "balling to impact" was organised by the women elite sports empowerment initiative to develop, nurture and expose the young female players to competitive games.

The competition attracted teams from Ekiti, Osun, Ondo, Osun and Ogun States.

In an interview, Ondo state coach, Olajubutu Tosin said regular staging of competitions across the states of the federation was needed to develop the game at the grassroots level.

Coach Tosin described the tournament as an eye opener for some of his players and called for more support from other sports enthusiasts in the promotion and development of female basketball in the country.

Also, a female basketball Coach, Adebayo Iyabode explained that the competition was put together to further encourage and empower female through sports

Other coaches who expressed satisfaction with impressive performance of the participating teams advised government to support initiatives geared towards sports development especially for female.

Meanwhile, Book and Ball basketball from Osun State defeated Pacers Basketball team from Ekiti state by 14 to 12 points to settle for bronze medal.

High point of the competition was the presentation of medals and trophy to the winner while Olympic gold medalist at Tokyo paralympic games, Lateefat Tijani and her coach were honoured at the event for making Ogun state proud.

There were also individuals awards to players and coaches for the leadership qualities through the tournament