Banyana Banyana will join South Korea, Northern Ireland and
the Republic of Ireland in Group C action at the Cyprus Women’s Cup in Ayia
Napa from 4 to 14 March 2013.
The popular tournament has been increased to accommodate 12
teams instead of the usual eight nations, with England, Italy, New Zealand and
Scotland to play in Group A matches in Larnaca.
Group B will be contested between Canada, Finland, the
Netherlands and Switzerland, with the matches also scheduled for Larnaca.
As the Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana prepare to wrap up
their 2012 campaign, with an international friendly against Botswana at the
Maruleng stadium near Rustenburg on December 10, national head coach Joseph
Mkhonza said: “We are looking to finish 2012 on a high note against Botswana,
in a year that has been an exceptional one for women’s football with the
national team having played at the London Olympics and having made the final of
the CAF African Women Championship 2012 held in Equatorial Guinea.”
