By: Oluwademilade Ogunleye
With less than 72 hours to the commencement of this year’s edition of the Seals Cup, the Organizing Committee on Monday 19th May 2025 unveiled the groupings of the competition.
The draws was held at the Student Union Representative Council Chambers with Representatives of each participating team represented.
The male teams were put into 8 groups while the female participating teams were put in 4.
Each group also contained 4 participating teams per group.For the male category, Group A has been considered the ‘Group of Death’.
Participating teams in this group includes the defending champions, MBBS, last year’s finalists, Industrial and Product Engineering, alongside the departments of Biochemistry and Arts and Social Science Education.
The draws of the other groups are as follows:
Group B
Pharmacy
Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Statistics
Group C
Economics
Physiotherapy
Microbiology
Communication and Language Arts
Group D
Law
Archeology
Civil engineering
Political science
Group E
Veterinary Medicine
LARIS
History
Sociology
Group F
Environmental Health Science
Wood Product Engineering
Geology
Physics
Group G
Forestry
Philosophy
Psychology
AEE
Group H
Urban and Regional Planning
Architecture
Petroleum Engineering
KHE
For the Female category, last year’s defending Champions, Arts and Social Science Education were grouped alongside Statistics, KHE and LARIS in Group A.
Other team’s groupings include:
Group B
Law
MBBS
Physiotherapy
Forestry
Group C
Sociology
Environmental Health Science
Archeology
Microbiology
Group D
Pharmacy
Computer Science
Philosophy
History
The opening match for this year’s Seals Cup would be a repeat of the last edition’s finals between MBBS and IPE while the female category opening game will be between ASSE and KHE.
While emphasizing on proper dressing, the chairman of the Seals Cup, Olowu Daniel, enjoined both participating teams in the opening ceremony match to come properly dressed.
They are to come in formal attires as the defending Champions, MBBS would be allowed to parade their trophy just before the opening match.
Olowu further emphasized on the uniform hoses rule for all outfield players participating in the competition.
This year’s Seals Cup is set to kick off on Wednesday, 21st May 2025.
As the days draw closer and the expectations grow higher, it’s left to see the talents that this year’s edition of the biggest inter-departmental tournament in Western Nigeria unfolds.
