Botswana Football Association Cheif Executive Officer Mfolo E. Mfolo this morning announced that the Association will not be hosting the 2018 COSAFA Senior Men’s challenge.

According to COSAFA the hosting member Association must provide 25% of the required full budget and to be allowed to host. The Association could not manage to secure the needed budget ahead of time as government already has made commitment to other national priorities. The corporate entities that could assist or have an interest in the tournament are by large already or in competition with the regional body or tied to COSAFA already.

The best decision was to make a decision that made finicial sense and protected the Football Association in the long-term.