Damaseb to captain side
The national under-20 football team's coach, James Britz, has appointed Steven Damaseb as the captain of the side as they prepare for the Cosafa men's championship starting today in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa.
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Eighteen-year-old midfielder Steven Damaseb, who completed grade 11 last month at Tutaleni High School in Walvis Bay, also had the responsibility of captaining the under-17 national team, known as the Baby Warriors.
Stick to the game plan
“I have played with most of these players and they are exceptionally good.
“We played together last year and we are back together again. We can really go far if we just go with the game plan and not get intimidated by the other teams,” Damaseb says.
He says captaining a national team comes with great responsibility and discipline.
“Every national team captain wants to achieve everything that Ronald Ketjijere achieved with the Brave Warriors.
“I look up to him, on and off the pitch, and I'm pleased to say that I have had a head start by captaining two other national teams.”
Tough group
Namibia is in Group B of the competition, together with defending champions Zambia, who will seek to retain the title they won on home soil last year. The sides have been split into three pools, Groups A and B containing four teams and Group C three teams.
How it will play out
The top team in each pool will advance to the semi-finals, as well as the best-placed runner-up.
Group B contains Malawi, Comoros, Namibia and defending champions Zambia, while Group C has Angola, Eswatini and Botswana.
Namibia will start their Group B campaign against Zambia on Friday, before a meeting with Malawi three days later. They finish their pool play against Comoros on 9 December.
All matches will be streamed live on www.cosafa.tv, while the semi-finals and final will be on SuperSport. The decider will be played on 13 December.
In order to calculate the runner-up position fairly, the results against the teams that finish bottom in Groups A and B will be disregarded, providing a level playing field for the teams in Group C. The annual regional tournament will act as a zonal qualifier for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, with the two finalists set to advance to the continental showpiece scheduled to take place in Mauritania next year.
-Additional info NFA
WINDHOEK
Eighteen-year-old midfielder Steven Damaseb, who completed grade 11 last month at Tutaleni High School in Walvis Bay, also had the responsibility of captaining the under-17 national team, known as the Baby Warriors.
Stick to the game plan
“I have played with most of these players and they are exceptionally good.
“We played together last year and we are back together again. We can really go far if we just go with the game plan and not get intimidated by the other teams,” Damaseb says.
He says captaining a national team comes with great responsibility and discipline.
“Every national team captain wants to achieve everything that Ronald Ketjijere achieved with the Brave Warriors.
“I look up to him, on and off the pitch, and I'm pleased to say that I have had a head start by captaining two other national teams.”
Tough group
Namibia is in Group B of the competition, together with defending champions Zambia, who will seek to retain the title they won on home soil last year. The sides have been split into three pools, Groups A and B containing four teams and Group C three teams.
How it will play out
The top team in each pool will advance to the semi-finals, as well as the best-placed runner-up.
Group B contains Malawi, Comoros, Namibia and defending champions Zambia, while Group C has Angola, Eswatini and Botswana.
Namibia will start their Group B campaign against Zambia on Friday, before a meeting with Malawi three days later. They finish their pool play against Comoros on 9 December.
All matches will be streamed live on www.cosafa.tv, while the semi-finals and final will be on SuperSport. The decider will be played on 13 December.
In order to calculate the runner-up position fairly, the results against the teams that finish bottom in Groups A and B will be disregarded, providing a level playing field for the teams in Group C. The annual regional tournament will act as a zonal qualifier for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, with the two finalists set to advance to the continental showpiece scheduled to take place in Mauritania next year.
-Additional info NFA
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