Port Harcourt will host the NWFL Premiership Super Six for the first time in the competition’s history, with six clubs gathering in the Garden City from June 5 to June 14 to contest the 2026 title.
The Nigeria Women Football League has officially named Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as the venue for the 2026 NWFL Premiership Super Six finals, marking the first time the Garden City has hosted the season ending playoff tournament. NWFL Chief Operating Officer Modupe Shabi confirmed the decision, citing the Rivers State Government’s track record of supporting women’s football and the successful hosting of the NWFL Annual General Assembly in the city last October. The nine day competition will run from Friday, June 5 to Sunday, June 14, 2026. Fans looking forward to the Super Six can use the Bet9ja free bet offer to follow every match of the championship from the opening day.
“The Rivers State Government has consistently demonstrated strong support for women’s football and successfully hosted our Annual General Assembly last October,” Shabi said in a statement. “We are excited to return with our flagship competition as part of our commitment to expanding elite women’s football across Nigeria.” The COO also reminded participating clubs that strict adherence to competition regulations, schedules, and directives communicated subsequently by the league would be expected from all six sides.
Who Made the Super Six
The six qualified clubs represent the top three finishers from each of the NWFL Premiership’s Group A and Group B during the regular season. They will now compete in a round-robin format, with each club playing five matches across the nine days, and the club with the best record at the end of the series crowned champions.
2026 NWFL Premiership Super Six Participants
- Bayelsa Queens (defending champions)
- Rivers Angels
- Edo Queens
- FC Robo Queens
- Nasarawa Amazons
- Abia Angels (Super Six debutants)
Abia Angels are the story of the qualification round, reaching the Super Six for the first time in the club’s history. Their debut in the championship-deciding stage of Nigerian women’s football is a significant moment for the club and for Abia State’s representation in the top tier. The remaining five clubs are all established Super Six regulars, with Rivers Angels and Nasarawa Amazons both carrying strong recent records into the tournament. Supporters of all six clubs can get the best available pre-tournament odds via the YOHAIG code on Bet9ja before the opening round of matches kicks off on June 5.
What’s at Stake Beyond the Trophy
The Super Six carries consequences well beyond the domestic title. The NWFL Premiership champion earns Nigeria’s place at the WAFU-B qualifiers for the 2026 CAF Women’s Champions League, and the CAF Women’s Champions League winner in turn secures a berth at the 2027 FIFA Women’s Club Championship. That pathway makes the Port Harcourt Super Six one of the more consequential domestic women’s football tournaments on the continent, with a World Cup slot effectively at the end of the road for whichever club wins cleanly.
Bayelsa Queens arrive as defending champions having won the NWFL Premiership title in both 2022 and 2025. Rivers Angels, the most decorated club in the competition’s history with seven Premiership titles, will be the biggest threat in a city where they have strong local support. Nasarawa Amazons, who lost the 2025 President Federation Cup final to Rivers Angels on penalties, will be determined to convert league form into silverware. Nigerian women’s football fans who want to track the Super Six through to its conclusion can register with the Bet9ja welcome bonus before the first ball is kicked in Port Harcourt.
Five Different Champions in Five Editions
One of the more striking features of the modern NWFL Premiership is just how evenly the title has been shared. The last five seasons have produced five different champions, Rivers Angels won in 2021, Bayelsa Queens in 2022, Delta Queens in 2023, Edo Queens in 2024, and Bayelsa Queens again in 2025. No club has won back to back titles in that stretch, which makes predicting an outright favourite in Port Harcourt genuinely difficult. The round-robin format, where every club faces every other, means a single bad result can shift the standings significantly. That competitive balance is exactly what the league needs, and the choice of a new host city adds a fresh dimension to a tournament that has consistently delivered drama over the past five seasons.
📌 Did You Know?
- The NWFL Premiership Super Six format was introduced to replace the old two legged playoff system in which only the top two clubs from each group contested the title. The six team round robin gives more clubs extended exposure at the championship stage and has helped raise the profile of the NWFL Premiership season-ending event.
- Abia Angels, making their Super Six debut in 2026, are based in Umuahia, Abia State. Their qualification is a first for the club and represents a significant shift in the geography of competitive women’s football in Nigeria, where clubs from Rivers, Bayelsa, Edo and Nasarawa have historically dominated the championship stage.
- Modupe Shabi, the NWFL Chief Operating Officer who announced the Port Harcourt hosting decision, has been one of the driving forces behind efforts to professionalize the NWFL Premiership since taking up the role. Her tenure has seen the league introduce more structured commercial partnerships and media coverage arrangements than existed under previous administrations.
- Rivers Angels have won the NWFL Premiership seven times, the most of any club in the competition’s history. They last won the title in 2021, and their presence at the Super Six in their home region of Rivers State adds a significant home advantage dynamic to the 2026 edition of the tournament.
- The 2027 FIFA Women’s Club Championship is a new global competition that FIFA introduced to complement the men’s Club World Cup structure. African representation at the inaugural edition will be determined through the CAF Women’s Champions League, making domestic league titles more consequential for Nigerian women’s clubs than they have ever been before.
- FC Robo Queens, one of the six Super Six qualifiers, are based at the RCCG Redemption Camp Sports Complex in Lagos. They were also involved in the Women’s President Federation Cup Round of 32 earlier this week, meaning several Robo Queens players will head into the Super Six having played competitive football on consecutive weekends.
- Delta Queens, who won the NWFL Premiership in 2023, did not qualify for the 2026 Super Six. Their absence from the final six is one of the more notable changes to the lineup compared to recent editions, leaving the three-time champions watching from the outside as the title race heads to Port Harcourt without them.
