The mayor’s parlour, at the Germiston Civic Centre, was filled with eager football fans, on Tuesday, as the teams competing in this year’s Mayoral Kings of Diski Challenge were announced.
Ekurhuleni mayor Clr Mzwandile Masina unveiled the eight teams set to go head-to-head during this year’s instalment of the challenge.
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The participating teams were winners in different tournaments played within Ekurhuleni during the football off-season.
“We want to ensure we create opportunities for community-based teams to grow so we can provide access for the players to be spotted and end up playing at high-level tournaments, hence we picked the best of the best to participate in this tournament,” said Masina.
“Through these games, we aim to create a positive sporting experience within our city.
“We hope scouts from big teams will be coming through to look out for the great talent that will be on display on the weekend.”
The tournament, which is a favourite on the football calendar, will be held at the Vosloorus Stadium over the Easter weekend.
Teams will play in a knock-out format in the quarterfinals on the first day of the tournament with the winners of each game proceeding to the semi-finals, set to be played on day two of the tournament.
The last two teams will face each other in the finals on day three of the tournament.
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Masina also unveiled the floating trophy and announced the prizes up for grabs for the competing teams.
The winning team will walk away with the trophy, gold medals and a cash prize of R190 000.
Meanwhile, the second placed team will walk away with a cash prize of R90 000 and silver medals.
The tournament’s leading goal scorer and the tournament’s top player will each get R5 000.
“All participating teams will also receive a participation fee of R20 000,” said Masina.
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