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2019/2020 Nestle MILO Basketball Championship Registration [21st Edition]

Apply/Register for the Ongoing 21st Edition MILO Basketball Championship/Tournament for Junior and Senior Secondary Schools [JSS1 - SS2] in Nigeria Nationwide - See Registration Guidelines, Tournament Date and Time For 2019/2020

The 21st edition of the MILO Basketball Championship is here! An opportunity for champs to participate in the most rewarding tournament for secondary schools.

The Championship Tournament is expected to feature over a 100, 000 School Students from across the Federation.

RECOMMENDED: 21st Edition Milo Basketball Championship Tournaments Winners 2019/2020.

MILO Basketball Championship/Tournament Goal

  • Provides Opportunities for the development of Young Nigerians.
  • Imbibe Qualities such as: Determination, Teamwork, Discipline and Respect. 

Rules and Regulations

  • The Nestlé MILO Secondary School Basketball Championship is open to all male and female Secondary Schools recognised by their respective States Ministry of Education.
  • Only bonafide JSS1-SSSII students of each participating school are eligible to participate in the Championship.
  • Students who have not spent one academic season in the school are not eligible to participate.
  • Interested schools will only be admitted into the Championship on completion and submission of the Championship registration forms/photo albums in triplicate for the School, NSSF, and NCSF.
  • Participants are to register a maximum of 15 players per team.
  • Any team with less than 8 players after the screening exercise will not be eligible to participate.
  • Each player is to fill out a registration form which should be duly authenticated by his/her school principal, NSSF Sport Coordinator and the Honorable Commissioner of Education in his/her respective state. Any registration form not duly authenticated by the above mentioned officers, shall be rejected.
  • These forms are to be submitted to the NSSF sports coordinator of the Ministry of Education on or before the closing date specified in each year of the Championship.
  • Participants are expected to produce their school ID cards before the commencement of each match. This notwithstanding, the Organising Committee at each stage of the Championship reserves the right to seek further clarification in respect of any player whose identity is in doubt.
  • The decision to disqualify a player is the prerogative of the Organising Committee and it is final.
  • Schools fielding ineligible players will be disqualified from the Championship. Principals of such schools will be further sanctioned.
  • Only players duly registered from the state preliminaries stage will participate in the Conference and National Finals of the Championship.
  • Secondary school students who have played in the National League or National Sports Festival are not eligible to participate in the Championship. 

2019 Nestle MILO Basketball Championship Registration Guidelines

To participate interested schools are advised to follow procedures below:
  • Pick up a form from the School Sports Officer at the State Ministry of Education
  • All forms must be filled and submitted as hard-copies at the State’s Ministry of Education by the end of 28th of February 2019.
  • Only JSS1 - SS2 students below the age of 17 years are eligible to participate
  • For further inquires, contact the School Sports Unit of the State Ministry of Education or call 08100131739.
  • Click the Register Now button below to download the registration forms as PDFs.  
  • Click here to find contact information for your State's Ministry of Education and Sports Coordinator 

21st Edition MILO Basketball Championship Tournament Dates and Time 2019/2020

  • Sahara Conference [Bauchi]: Friday 3rd May - Wednesday 8th May, 2019
  • Central Conference [Niger]: Friday 10th May - Saturday 25th May, 2019
  • Equatorial Conference [Enugu]: Friday 17th May - Wednesday 22nd May, 2019
  • Western Conference [Ibadan]: Friday 24th May - Wednesday 29th May, 2019
  • National Finals [Lagos]: Thursday 27th June - Thursday 4th July, 2019

About The Milo Basketball Championship

The MILO Secondary School Basketball Championship is Nigeria’s largest secondary school basketball championship. Since 1999, schools from across the country have competed for the chance to win the prestigious MILO Basketball Championship. The Championship has produced some of the best basketball talent in Nigeria, some of whom have gone on to play in Nigeria's National Team as well as in various leagues, including the NPL and the NBA.

Every year, the Championship gets bigger and better. This year, over 10, 000 schools across the 36 states of the Federation, including Abuja, are expected to participate in the competition.

The growing success of the Championship is due greatly to all of the efforts of the stakeholders which include; the Nigerian Schools Sports Federation (NSSF), the National Collegiate Sports Foundation (NCSF) and the Ministries of Sports, Youth Development and Education in the various States. These organisations have worked tirelessly with MILO to bring awareness to basketball in Nigeria.

For 21 years, MILO has been at the forefront of Basketball development in Nigeria through the MILO Secondary Schools Basketball Championship. MILO has remained dedicated to making sure children are motivated from a young age in order to unlock their potential as they compete throughout the Championship.

MILO is well known in Nigeria for being the number one supporter of grassroots sports. MILO believes that by engaging in sports, children have the ability to learn important life skills such as determination, discipline, respect and teamwork.