This year’s Volkswagen Junior Masters Soccer Tournament takes place at Wits
JOBURG -– Sweden is beckoning for the winners of the Volkswagen Junior Masters Soccer Tournament which takes place at Wits from 5 to 7 December.
The Volkswagen Junior Masters Tournament is back for another action-packed soccer competition and all this will be at the University of Witwatersrand from 5 to 7 December.
This year’s tournament welcomes a girls’ U15 division which will from now onward form part of the pioneering tournament, whose winning teams will represent South Africa in the 2020 Gothia Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The tournament will see 16 U12 boys’ teams and six U15 girls’ teams going head to head to claim the title of 2019 Junior Masters champions. “The competition is constantly evolving and this year will include girls’ teams.
“There is formidable talent amongst girls in this country and it is important for us to invest in and create a positive impact in the lives of the youth,” said Martina Biene, head of the Volkswagen brand.
The teams, which were selected and sponsored by Volkswagen dealerships from around the country, will be contesting the championship which happens once every second year.
The competition will begin with the teams split into groups for round-robin stages. Within each group, the teams will play against each other with the top teams progressing to the knockout stages until there is a winning team.
The winning team will jet off to the Gothia Cup in July next year to represent South Africa. The Gothia Cup is the world’s largest international youth soccer tournament. Each year about 1 700 teams from 80 countries play 4 500 games on 110 fields.
There is a lot to play for as the winning team will not only be representing South Africa but the entire trip to Europe will be sponsored by Volkswagen South Africa. It is an opportunity for many of the competitors to play against international rivals as well as travel abroad, for some of them probably for the first time.
“Soccer represents unity in South Africa and the Volkswagen Junior Masters Soccer Tournament is a platform for talented boys and girls to find sports opportunities and to create a community with soccer as the common denominator.”
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