Dar es Salaam. After days of preparations, the stage is now set
for this year’s Uhai Cup U-20 championship, which kicks off today with
six matches on the menu at different venues.
The championship designed to identify and nurture
budding soccer talent from the grassroots, features youth teams from all
14 Mainland Premier League clubs. It was launched in 2008.
Young Africans launch their campaign against Mbeya City in a Group A at Karume Memorial Stadium. The match starts at 2pm.
It will be followed by another interest-generating
encounter between Simba and JKT Oljoro, which starts at 4pm at the same
venue.
Kagera Sugar’s U-20 side is at Azam Complex on the
outskirts of the city for a Group B match against Mtibwa Sugar. The
match kicks off at 2pm.
The day will also see defending champions Azam FC
and Coastal Union go head-to-head in a Group A clash at the same venue,
while Ruvu Shooting take on Ashanti United in a Group B match at Karume
Memorial Stadium.
The match between Azam and Coastal Union starts at
4 pm while the Ruvu Shooting versus Ashanti United showdown is expected
to kick off at 10 am.
Rhino Rangers and Tanzania Prisons FC lock horns at Azam complex in a group C.
All matches are expected to be tough but exciting
if the youth teams’ performance in curtain-raisers of the first round of
this season’s Vodacom Premier League matches is anything to go by.
Three top teams in Group A and B as well as two
others from Group C will qualify for the quarter-finals scheduled for
November 24 and 25. The semifinals will be held on November 26 and 27.
A number of players featuring for Premier League
teams are a product of the tournament organised by Tanzania Football
Federation (TFF) and sponsored by Bakhresa Group Company.
The players and teams they feature for in bracket
include Christopher Alex, Saleh Malande, Ramadhani Singano, Edward
Christopher (Simba), Simon Msuva, Hussein Javu (Young Africans) and
Himid Mao (Azam FC).
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