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BFA/UEFA Bounce Back

Aug 27, 2020

As a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic which has affected football at all level across the world the Botswana Football Association continues to address the consequences of the situation. Part of that being exploring opportunities with partners of the Association. One such partner who has been of great assistance and continues to engage the Association is UEFA.

UEFA has taken the lead to assist Botswana Football Association on the return to football process through the ‘UEFA ASSIST PROGRAM.’ The UEFA ASSIST PROGRAM is not a new development in African Football as UEFA has a partnership with CAF where individual members are assisted on various aspects of the game such as technical, commercial, and financial.

The Bounce back program takes a holistic view on how the Football Association can make a smooth return to play.

The BFA/UEFA collaboration program will involve the Situational Analysis of Botswana Football and come up with recommendation on way forward.

The team will put together an Action Plan on the way forward for Botswana Football. The expectation is that at the end of the Program the BFA secretariat should propose a READY TO PLAY plan which will guide all BFA members in returning to football process.

This is an interactive session attended by Botswana Football Association management both administrative and technical, Botswana Football league and regional structures league management.

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South Africa 3–2 Botswana

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