The first round draw for the 2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships, sponsored by PPC, was made on Wednesday in Moruleng in South Africa’s North West province, where the prestigious youth tournament will be held from December 7-16, bringing together the best young talent from the Southern African region. Hosts and defending champions South Africa will have
The 2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships, sponsored by PPC, will be played in South Africa’s North West province from December 7-16. Here is a quick lowdown on the 14 competing nations ahead of Wednesday’s first round draw. ANGOLA Angola will be hoping to make history when they compete at the 2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships. The country
The 2016 COSAFA Under-20 Championships, sponsored by PPC, a world-class provider of materials and solutions into the basic services sector, will be staged in South Africa’s North West province from December 7-16 when a new champion for the region will be crowned. It will be the first time the Under-20 tournament has been run since
Zimbabwe will be the COSAFA region’s only representatives at the 2017 African Nations Cup finals after the final round of qualifiers was played over the weekend. There were some close shaves for some of the continent’s big guns, but most progresses as expected for that will be a star-studded field of 16 teams in Gabon
A number of COSAFA sides will be in action when the final round of 2017 African Nations Cup qualification matches is played this week … and Swaziland still in with a chance of booking their spot. Zimbabwe have already secured a place in Gabon next year after an excellent qualification campaign, but they could be
The remaining COSAFA sides in the 2017 African Under-17 Championships qualifiers will be in action this weekend as they seek to advance to the final round of the preliminaries. COSAFA Under-17 Championship winners Namibia were beaten 2-1 at home by Congo-Brazzaville in the first leg of their tie and face elimination from the competition unless
The recent COSAFA Castle Cup has provided a significant boost to a number of Southern African nations in the latest FIFA World Rankings. Winners South Africa moved up just a single place to number 67 and remain the highest-ranked COSAFA side on the FIFA list. But Swaziland saw a significant jump of 14 places to
Three COSAFA sides will be involved in the final round of qualifying for the 2017 African Under-20 Championships with at least once guaranteed to advance to the finals in Zambia next February. Angola take on Egypt in their two-legged tie, while COSAFA rivals Lesotho and South Africa do battle for a place in the finals.
Lesotho booked a quarterfinal meeting with South Africa on Saturday after defeating Malawi 1-0 in their Group B shoot-out at the 2016 COSAFA Castle Cup in Windhoek. Jane Thaba-Ntso headed the winner with seven minutes remaining, though Lesotho only needed a draw for top spot in the pool. Malawi did most of the chasing in
