Fixtures released for Boys’ and Girls’ Under-17 Championships
The fixtures for the Boys’ TotalEnergies CAF Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations | COSAFA Qualifier and COSAFA Under-17 Girls’ Championship have been revealed with an action-packed 10 days to see 42 games played across the two competitions in Johannesburg.
Three venues will be used in the festival of youth football which, in the case of the Boys’ competition, also serves as a qualifier for the continental Under-17 finals that are to be staged in Cote d’Ivoire next year.
Lesotho and Angola will open the TotalEnergies CAF Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations | COSAFA Qualifier on Wednesday when they clash at the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Soweto Campus Stadium at 12h00 CAT (10h00 GMT).
That will be followed by a second Group A fixture between Mozambique and Malawi at 15h00.
There will be four games on Thursday as both Groups B and C kick-off concurrently.
Zimbabwe face Eswatini at 12h00 at the UJ AW Muller Stadium in a Group B game, while at the same time Comoros take on Mauritius in a battle of the islanders at UJ Soweto Campus Stadium in Group C.
Zambia face Namibia at 15h00 at UJ AW Muller in Group B, while hosts South Africa clash with Botswana at the same time at UJ Soweto Campus.
The fixtures continue through to December 9, with the semifinals to be staged two days later and the final at UJ Soweto Campus on December 13 at 15h00.
The COSAFA Under-17 Girls’ Championship also gets under way on Wednesday as Eswatini take on Lesotho at 11h00 at the UJ AW Muller Stadium in a Group A clash. Later that same day Mozambique meet Comoros at 14h00 in the other match in the pool.
Hosts South Africa welcome Namibia in their opening Group B game on Thursday that will be played at the UJ B Soweto Stadium at 12h30.
Before that Namibia take on Madagascar at 09h30 at the same venue, while the final game of the day will be a Group C clash between Zimbabwe and Mauritius, also at UJ B Soweto Stadium.
The action moves to the UJ AW Muller Stadium on Friday as the second game in Group C is played between Zambia and Botswana at 11h00.
The semifinals will also be played on December 11 at UJ B Soweto Stadium, but the final two days later will be at the main UJ Soweto Stadium at 11h00 ahead of the Boys’ TotalEnergies CAF Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations | COSAFA Qualifier decider.
You can view the full COSAFA Under-17 Girls’ Championship fixture list here.