SITSEBE FACE ZIMBABWE IN COSAFA GROUP C

MBABANE – The national team, Sitsebe were handed a tough draw in the COSAFA Women’s Championships.

They were drawn in Group C with last year’s runners-up Zimbabwe, Namibia and East African country, Uganda, who are guests in the championships. The championships are billed for September 12-22 at Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Port Elizabeth in South Africa. The draw for the prestigious regional competition was conducted in Johannesburg yesterday. Powerhouses Zambia and Cameroon, who are also guests, have been drawn together in Group B.  Hosts and defending champions South Africa are the top seeds in Group A and they will take on Botswana, Madagascar and Malawi in their bid to reach the semifinals for the sixth successive time in this competition. Sitsebe have never reached the knockout stage of the tournament while Zimbabwe were once crowned champions in 2011 and they were beaten in the finals last year.

The top team in each pool will advance to the semi-finals along with the best-placed runners-up. There will be two stadiums to be used during the event, the 10 000-seater Wolfson Stadium and 3 000-seater Gelvandale Stadium. The first COSAFA Women’s Championship was held in Zimbabwe in 2002 and was won by South Africa, who beat their hosts 2-1 in the final. Four years later, the South Africans triumphed again at the finals in Zambia, when they beat Namibia 3-1 in the decider. South Africa then made it three in a row when they beat Zimbabwe in the finals of the 2008 tournament in Malange, Angola. Zimbabwe then claimed the title in 2011, when they also acted as hosts, defeating South Africa 1-0 in the final.

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