Heineken rewards consumers with 20 UEFA Champions League final trips

More lucky winners have emerged in Heineken’s raffle draws, giving away trips to watch the UEFA Champions League finals in Ibiza, Spain.
On Wednesday night, Heineken fans gathered in the luxurious Heineken House, Lagos to enjoy the on-pitch clashes between Europe’s best clubs. But for many of them, the half-time raffle draw action will linger much longer in the memory.
“I was motivated by reports in the media that some consumers have won from in-bar activations”, said Daniel Philips. “I was lucky to have received an invite to come and be part of this premium viewing experience at the Heineken House. It was a nice time out here and wining an all-expense paid trip to Ibiza, Spain is awesome.”
Every year, since 2007, Heineken has rewarded five of its regular consumers with all-expenses paid trips from Nigeria to Europe, to watch the finals of the UEFA Champions League. But this season, marking its ninth consecutive year of sponsoring the world’s best club football tournament, Heineken has raised the bar the ‘Champion the Match’ promotion. They are giving away twenty European trips. This innovative promotion is part of the exciting package from Heineken and was born out of the insight that fans know that UEFA Champions League match nights are worth a little more effort to make it memorable. Thirteen fans had already won in nationwide in-bar raffle draws, and two others had won by participating in radio show phone-ins. They are now joined by the five winners from Wednesday’s Heineken House raffle draws.
Prior to winning this trip, Valentine Aganbi had taken part in several lotteries in the past without success. But the Bayern Munich fan was motivated to participate in this Heineken draw by his friend, who had actually won a trip to watch the finals two years ago. “The lesson tonight is never to lose hope, but keep trying. Tonight, I am glad to be on the winning side although my team failed me.” Bayern Munich lost the match 3-1 to FC Porto, and will have to overturn that two-goal deficit when they play host in the return leg, if they are to have any chance of making it to the finals.
But regardless of Bayern Munich’s fortunes, Valentine will be joined by Julian Dominic, Nwachie Onyekachi, Rele Siebeuhaar and other Heineken winners from around the world at Heineken’s world-famous Ibiza Finale. They will watch the UEFA Champions League final match, and they will also enjoy lavish beach parties on the exotic island of Ibiza, a lush tourist destination off the coast of Spain.
These winners were amongst the total of over 4000 participants who took part in the raffle draws across Nigeria. Many others took home various premium quality consolation prizes. In addition to these exotic trips, Heineken is also rewarding fans with 90 premium prizes in 90 minutes: one prize for every minute of every UCL match game. Nigerians simply need to look under the crown corks of opened Heineken bottles for printed codes, and SMS the codes onto the designated number.
The partnership between Heineken and the world’s foremost club football tournament has been delivering world class experiences to Nigerian fans, including the exquisite Heineken House Lagos. The Heineken House, Lagos, will be opened to Heineken fans this Tuesday and Wednesday when the quarter final matches will come up. They will enjoy match screenings and special entertainment performances in the company of celebrity guests. The House has played host to leading lights across business, sports and entertainment in the on-going activation.