Copa Coca-Cola heads to its fourth province

The Copa Coca-Cola u-15 tournament continues on August 4 as Gauteng hosts it’s Copa Coca-Cola provincial play-offs at the Kagiso Stadium in Johannesburg.

The 2018 edition of the global u-15 school tournament kicked off in June in Eastern Cape where Malcomess Secondary School secured a spot in the provincial finals. Ikeleletso Technical High School and KuyaKhanya Primary School will represent the Northern Cape and Western Cape respectively as the tournament heads to the fourth province this weekend.

With the City of Gold the next stop for the popular school tournament, the eight confirmed schools from the various Gauteng regions are former champions Clapham High School, Rosina Sedibane Modiba Sport School, Transnet Sport School of Excellence, Vezukhono Secondary School, Johannesburg Secondary School, Lukhanyo High School, General Smuts High School and Esokwazi Secondary School.

While the ultimate goal will be securing a place in the Copa Coca-Cola national finals set to take place in Port Elizabeth between September 26 and 29, players can also look forward to this year’s life-changing scouting initiative. The Copa Coca-Cola Future Stars Search is led by tournament ambassador and former Bafana Bafana player Jabu ‘Shuffle’ Mahlangu.

Mahlangu will, alongside a panel of scouting experts, identify the best performing players from each Copa Coca-Cola provincial play-off. The selected players will form part of the Copa Coca-Cola Future Stars Camp to take place later this year at the High-Performance Centre in Pretoria.

“Gauteng is known for producing incredible players when it comes to soccer. Some of these players have gone to represent the national team. This coming Saturday promises to be an exciting day of entertaining school football action. We urge the community of Kagiso to come out in their numbers and enjoy some good football from these budding youngsters,” said Mahlangu.

President of the South African School’s Football Association (SASFA) Mandla Mazibuko lauded the efforts of Coca-Cola through its sponsorship of the Copa Coca-Cola u-15 School Tournament.

“The strides and significance of the Copa Coca-Cola u-15 School Tournament are seen in the development of football in this country, especially in the national u-17 team; we contributed 60 per cent of the players in 2018. That for us is great work,” said Mazibuko.

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