The Government of the Republic of Zambia has approved the hosting of the CAF U20 Africa Youth Championship by Zambia 2017.
A Cabinet meeting communication indicates that Cabinet approved the hosting of the tournament in order to promote the development of sports in the country.
Hon. Vincent Mwale (Minister of Youth and Sports) –
Under this Item (Hosting of Africa Youth under Twenty (U20) Championship in 2017), Cabinet approved that Zambia should host the Africa Youth under twenty (U20) Championship in 2017 in order to promote the development of Sport in the country.
The African Youth Championship is a Bi-annual International youth football competition for Confederation of African Football (CAF) Nations, and is competed for by the under 20 years of age category.
The hosting of such a tournament will be a major milestone for the country and is a prerequisite for us to host the Africa Cup of Nations or the World Cup in future.
The CAF Executive Committee awarded Zambia the right to host and organize the 2017 CAF U20 tournament at a meeting held in Cairo on Saturday 21st September 2013.
Good development.Way to go!We should win this one on home soil,least make the last four and qualify to the U20 World Cup.Remember the class of 2007 that weny to Canada (If am not mistaken)produced the likes of Sunzu,Mayuka,Clifford,Nyambe Mulenga to name a few..
Weny~went*
Is it under 17 or 20
no such thing as a milestone. rwanda has hosted it before. if u host it and dont develop your players, what next after the tournament? what we need is an empirical method of nurturing talent in lower ligues, team selection to junoir teams must be done on merit not by faz president. we need to grow these young lads to material capable of playing in europe. only wen we have european based pros will this be a milestone. cabinet without purpose.
#hh for 2016
By the way mayuka is in atcion for metz in france he has started the match
With load shading katwishi….games will b like KICK OFF TIME 18:30 then 2nd HALF 22:30
Off topic! As Faz president, Kalusha’s dress code in the picture above leaves a lot to be desired. Just saying.
So wht wud u hv suggested?
By hosting, we are in. It may be the safest way for us to qualify for the games – hosting the games = automatic qualification. Bravo.
You’ve got a point there.
@MULENGA so your happy with hosting because you know your team will struggle to qualify lol how sad…well anyway this is great news for zambia,,just watch out for those west africans who will come to make soup out of your u20s
Are they saying that from 2013 this is when they are realising they are obliged to host this tournament. 2017 is just around the corner. Even if it’s a mickey mouse event of should be taken seriously.
Are they saying that from 2013 this is when they are realising they are obliged to host this tournament. 2017 is just around the corner. Even if it’s a mickey mouse event it should be taken seriously.
Ifintu ni Lungu.