Eight
Regional winners from around the province will be in action on the day. The
teams will fight it out for the Gauteng title and for the honour of
representing the province at the National Finals, scheduled for Cape Town - 10th -13th October
2013.
ABOUT
COPA COCA-COLA
· COPA
Coca-Cola® is run under the auspices of the South African Schools Football
Association (SASFA)
· Coca-Cola®
started sponsoring Coca-Cola® Football Stars in 2005.
· Between
2005 and 2008 a TV reality element was introduced aimed at finding the top 18
players who would go on to compete internationally. To keep interests
high an elimination process was brought in to reduce players from approximately
70 down to 18 and the public witnessed the trials and tribulations that went
into becoming a top football player.
· In
2009 and 2010 the name changed to bring the tournament in line with Coca-Cola’s
global youth strategy to COPA Coca-Cola®. The aim of the tournament
remained the same i.e. to look for the top Under-19 school in the country and
find the top 18 players who then competed against approximately 13 other
African schools in the Copa Coca-Cola finals.
· In
2012 COPA Coca-Cola® became an Under 15 tournament to align with the Copa
Coca-Cola globally.
· The
tournament starts off at Cluster level, regional.
· Regional
winners then compete in the Provincial Finals.
· The
2013 Copa Coca-Cola® is currently at the Provincial Finals stage.
· Provincial
winners then compete in the National Finals.
WHAT’S
NEW IN 2013 COPA?
The
2013 COPA Coca-Cola® tournament see the inclusion of an All Star Invitational
Team – this will be made of boys scouted from the provincial finalists. The team
will be scouted during the provincial phase of the competition and will be made
up of players who do not feature among the provincial winners. It will then
compete against the remaining nine provincial team winners in the four-day COPA
Coca-Cola® National Finals scheduled.
