| # | Group A | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Crown FC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7:1 | 6 | 10 | |
| 2. | Sunshine Stars | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7:2 | 5 | 10 | |
| 3. | Inter Lagos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5:2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 4. | Edel | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4:1 | 3 | 9 | |
| 5. | Beyond Limits FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6:1 | 5 | 7 | |
| 6. | Abia Comets | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7:5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 7. | Heartland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5:3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 8. | Smart City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4:2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 9. | Gateway Utd. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3:3 | 0 | 6 | |
| # | Group B | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Stormers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:5 | 7 | 12 | |
| 2. | Ekiti United | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5:1 | 4 | 12 | |
| 3. | Sporting Lagos | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9:4 | 5 | 11 | |
| 4. | Godswill Akpabio | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12:3 | 9 | 10 | |
| 5. | Abakaliki | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5:1 | 4 | 10 | |
| 6. | Akwa United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5:0 | 5 | 9 | |
| 7. | Solution | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6:2 | 4 | 9 | |
| 8. | Osun | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8:6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 9. | Rovers FC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4:4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 10. | First Bank | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4:5 | -1 | 4 | |
| # | Group C | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Lobi Stars | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6:2 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2. | Doma United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5:1 | 4 | 9 | |
| 3. | ABS | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4:1 | 3 | 9 | |
| 4. | Basira | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6:3 | 3 | 7 | |
| 5. | City FC Abuja | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3:1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 6. | Kada Warriors | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3:1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 7. | Mighty Jets | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5:1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 8. | Sokoto | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2:1 | 1 | 4 | |
| # | Group D | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Bichi First | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7:1 | 6 | 10 | |
| 2. | Adamawa Utd | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6:2 | 4 | 10 | |
| 3. | Kebbi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6:1 | 5 | 9 | |
| 4. | Ranchers Bees | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4:0 | 4 | 9 | |
| 5. | Jigawa Golden Stars | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6:2 | 4 | 7 | |
| 6. | Yobe Stars | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3:0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 7. | Gombe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2:0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 8. | Sporting Supreme | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0:4 | -4 | 1 |