Team Namibia ready for AUSC Region Five

• By Michael Uugwanga

TEAM Namibia is ready for the African Union Sport Council (AUSC) Region Five (5), which will be hosted in Malawi from December 2 to11 in Lilongwe.

The AUSC Region 5 comprises of 10 countries from the Southern African region namely- Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Team Namibia is ready for the games, despite the stiff competition the country will come up against top renowned nations, notably South Africa and host Malawi for medals.

Football

Namibia’s football under-17 boys coach, Gerald Günther said his team’s aim was to qualify to the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Algeria next year, as the top two teams at the tournament qualifies for the tournament, as the region 5 games are being used as a qualification process.

Namibia will make a return to the regional Under-17 competition having not competed since they finished third in 2018.

Namibia won the championship in 2016 but have only been to one of the last five tournaments due to a range of factors.

Namibia will start of their campaign against host Angola on December 02 in group A, before they take on Malawi on December 04 and Botswana on December 06, for a place in the semi-finals.

Nilton Gertze of Ramblers F.C will captain the side.

“We had 10 days together. More would have been welcome in order to thoroughly analyse our players.

But it is what it is. Players are very excited and spirit is good in camp.
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I think we have a competitive team. We need to play better football then our opponents and score more goals.

“The aim is be to reach the finals in order to qualify for the U17 AFCON in Algeria. Considering the preparation time we had it is a big ask, but I believe if we don’t go and reach for the very top it’s no use participating,” Günther .

On the other hand, the girls’ U-17 side will face South Africa on December 03, before they take on Malawi on December 05 for a place in the semi-finals.

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Team manager for the girl’s U17, Alina Karlos said that the team would go into the tournament full of confident.

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