{"id":3317,"date":"2025-05-27T03:38:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T06:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=3317"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:46:30","slug":"bet9ja-backs-super-eagles-for-afcon-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/bet9ja-backs-super-eagles-for-afcon-glory","title":{"rendered":"Bet9ja backs Super Eagles for AFCON glory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nigeria has lifted the AFCON title three times in 1980, 1994 and 2013, and will be looking to claim its fourth title in Morocco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria.- <strong>Bet9ja<\/strong> has pledged its continued support to Nigeria&#8217;s national football team, the Super Eagles, with the launch of its <strong>&#8220;Let&#8217;s Do It Again&#8221; <\/strong>campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bet9ja initially debuted the &#8216;Let&#8217;s Do It Again&#8217; campaign during the <strong>2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)<\/strong> in collaboration with <strong>Sportdotcom<\/strong> and the <strong>Nigerian Football Federation (NFF)<\/strong>. Building on the momentum of this successful partnership, the operator is renewing its commitment to the Super Eagles as they prepare to compete in the <strong>2025 AFCON in Morocco in December<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria has lifted the AFCON title <strong>three times<\/strong>, in 1980, 1994 and 2013, and will be looking to claim its fourth title in Morocco. The team has been placed in <strong>Group C,<\/strong> with Tanzania, Tunisia and Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kunle Soname<\/strong>, Bet9ja chairman, said: &#8220;We&#8217;re proud to renew our support for the Super Eagles as they ramp up their preparations for another tilt at the AFCON title. Football is a unifying force across Africa, and our partnership reflects our deep commitment to the game, the fans and the future of Nigerian sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;By supporting the Super Eagles once again, Bet9ja aims to rally fans across Nigeria and beyond, reigniting the spirit of belief and unity that football brings to the nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Super Eagles will also be participating in the <strong>Unity Cup tournament,<\/strong> which kicks off this week at <strong>Brentford&#8217;s Gtech Community Stadium<\/strong> in London. Other countries in the tournament lineup include Ghana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The semi-finals will be held on <strong>May 27 and 28<\/strong>, with the final scheduled for <strong>May 31<\/strong>. On May 28, Nigeria will face <strong>Ghana<\/strong> in a battle for a spot in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/FRA_0061-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/nigerian-football-legend-named-first-ever-grand-sports-ambassador'>Nigerian football legend named first-ever Grand Sports Ambassador<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria has lifted the AFCON title three times in 1980, 1994 and 2013, and will be looking to claim its fourth title in Morocco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":2415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Bet9ja has renewed its strategic sponsorship of Nigeria's national football team, the Super Eagles, for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, launching a \"Let's Do It Again\" campaign. This continued partnership, building on previous collaborations, aims to bolster brand visibility and player engagement within the competitive Nigerian sports betting market.","focusai_entities":"Bet9ja, Super Eagles, Sportdotcom, Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, Kunle Soname, Ghana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago","focusai_location":"Nigeria, Morocco, London, Brentford","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Sponsorship ROI","query":"What is Bet9ja's projected return on investment (ROI) for this renewed sponsorship, specifically in terms of GGR uplift, new player acquisition, and brand equity enhancement within the Nigerian market?"},{"label":"Market Share Impact","query":"How does this significant marketing expenditure position Bet9ja against key competitors in the highly contested Nigerian sports betting market, and what are the anticipated shifts in market share?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60017,60012],"tags":[10202,67,78],"class_list":["post-3317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sportsbetting-news","category-west-africa","tag-1xbet","tag-casinos","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3317"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3343,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3317\/revisions\/3343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}