27 November 2024 – The South African U17 Men’s National Team (Amajimbos) have reported for camp ahead of what promises to be an exciting 2024 COSAFA Youth Championships.
The zonal tournament will run from 4 – 13 December 2024 and will determine which two Southern African sides will qualify for the 2025 CAF U17 Africa Cup of Nations, which will take place in Ivory Coast on dates yet to be confirmed.
The COSAFA Youth Championships, which were initially scheduled to take place in Maputo, Mozambique will now be hosted in Gauteng, South Africa, due to the political unrest in the neighboring country.
SA U17 Head Coach Vela Khumalo has called up a strong squad of players who have been preparing for this regional tournament for over a year under the Technical Development Scheme (TDS) programme.
This week’s training sessions will be used to get the boys back in shape ahead of the tournament.
Speaking to www.safa.net, Khumalo said that they were happy that the tournament is finally taking place.
“We have been preparing this team for quite a while and we are excited to kick off the tournament in the hopes of qualifying for the 2025 U17 AFCON,” he said. South Africa is placed in Group C alongside Botswana, Comoros and Mauritius.
The fixtures and venues will be released in due course.
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