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Abandoned Nigerian football tournament
Football tournament season
2022 AITEO Cup
Tournament details
Country
Nigeria
Dates
26 July –
Teams
72
← 20212023 → All statistics correct as of 26 July 2022.
The 2022 Nigeria Federation Cup (known as the 2022 Aiteo Cup for sponsorship reasons), was originally going to be the 75th edition of the Nigeria FA Cup, Nigeria's elite cup tournament for football clubs. It commenced on 26 July but was abandoned at the quarter-finals
This year's tournament saw 72 clubs from 36 states and the FCT qualify as their state cup winners and runners-up.
As with previous editions, it was a single eliminationknockout tournament with all matches played at neutral venues. The 18 lowest ranked clubs (mostly debutants) entered the rookie stage, the winners of the rookie stage joining the remaining 55 clubs in the first round. If a match ended in a draw in regulation time, it went straight to a penalty shootout.