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MIDLANDS – Bata Stadium in Gweru is the place to be for football lovers as it hosts Champions of Champions Cup where teams that won in the four Division 1 leagues will contest for supremacy.
Kwekwe United FC from Central Region, Triangle United FC from Eastern Region, ZPC Hwange FC from Southern Region and Scotland FC from Northern Region will meet in a tournament that was confirmed by Central Region acting chairperson Dr Thomas Marambanyika.
The tournament will take place from 7-8 December 2024.
Central Region will host the inaugural tournament which is set to be an annual tournament.
Kwekwe United has players such as Elton Njini, Tinashe Mashaireni, David Chipo and Elton Nechiware to watch out for. Scottland boasts of big name players such as Allen Gahadzikwa, King Nadolo, Leroy Mavunga, Cleopas Dube and crowd puller Denver Mukamba among others will be representing the Northern Region Soccer League.
ZPC Hwange, who led the race in the Southern Region Soccer League from the start to the end, will have an opportunity to parade their stars to followers outside their region at a grand stage. Justin Kaunda, who narrowly lost the Southern Region Soccer League Golden Boot to Mbongeni Minezhi of Bulawayo City, will be one of the players to look out for at the tournament together with his striking partner Courage Sibanda.
Triangle, who were the last team to be confirmed champions after winning the title on the last day of the Eastern Region Soccer League season last weekend, will bring their outspoken coach Luke Masomere as well as seasoned players Thabani Kamusoko, Ali Sadiki, Ngandu Mangala, Domic Mukandi, Lameck Nhamo among others.
Marambanyika said the tournament is a good platform for the clubs to gauge their competitiveness ahead of their graduation into the Premier Soccer League next year.
“This is a good platform for the teams to see where they stand in their competitiveness because they will be facing teams from other regions,” Marambanyika.
“The tournament provides the teams with an opportunity to see the areas they need to beef up. As the hosting region, we also call upon fans from the region to create an exciting atmosphere during these two days.”
The first semi-final on Saturday will see Kwekwe United take on Triangle at mid-day while Scottland will lock horns with ZPC Hwange at 3pm.
