1. The Botswana Football Association will like to formally announce the technical team of the national under 17 team, which will compete at the upcoming COSAFA under 17 championships in Mauritius scheduled from 21 July 2017 till 30 July 2017.
2. Head coach Itumeleng Dicker, Assistant coach Tebogo Mokute and Kagiso Tshelametsi Goalkeeper coach.
3. Botswana has been drawn in a group with Malawi, Zimbabwe and host Mauritius.
4. The team will begin preparations from the 24th June 2017, with the coaches making a selection of their provisional 25 man squad from a pool of 45 players selected from the youth league structures. Coaches will conduct weekend camps as the players involved are students.
Schedule;
DATE KO MATCH VENUE
21/07
1 12:30 South Africa vs Mozambique Stade St Francois Xavier
2 15:30 Zambia vs Madagascar Stade St Francois Xavier
22/07
3 10:30 Botswana vs Malawi Stade St Francois Xavier
4 15:30 Mauritius vs Zimbabwe Stade St Francois Xavier
23/07
5 10:30 South Africa vs Zambia Stade St Francois Xavier
6 15:30 Mozambique vs Madagascar Stade St Francois Xavier
24/07
7 12:30 Mauritius vs Botswana Stade St Francois Xavier
8 15:30 Zimbabwe vs Malawi Stade St Francois Xavier
25/07
9 15:00 Mozambique vs Zambia MFA Technical Centre
10 15:00 Madagascar vs South Africa Stade St Francois Xavier
26/07
11 15:00 Zimbabwe vs Botswana MFA Technical Centre
12 15:00 Malawi vs Mauritius Stade St Francois Xavier
SEMI-FINALS
28/07
13 12:00 1st Group A vs 2nd Group B Stade St Francois Xavier
14 15:00 1st Group B vs 2nd Group A Stade St Francois Xavier
THIRD-PLACE PLAY-OFF
29/07
15 15:00 Loser M.13 vs Loser M.14 Stade St Francois Xavier
FINAL
30/07
16 15:00 Winner M.13 vs Winner M.14 Stade St Francois Xavier
