OB LEAVES FOR CAF U-17

Alhagie O.B Conateh

Gambia Football Association President Ousman B. Conateh has left for Morocco as part of CAF youth tournament organsisers. The FA boss left the shores of the country to his North African destination last night to join his Caf organizing comrades for the U-17 championship to start this weekend.

The Baby Scorpions are non-participants in this 10^th edition having pulled out in the eleventh hour incurring a fine of $1000 USD in the process by CAF. Gambia won the U-17 title in 2005 and 2009. The 10^th CAF U-17 championship gets underway in Morocco starting this weekend with hosts taking on Gabon in Group A match to be played at Complexe Sportif Mohammed V stadium in Casablanca on Saturday 13^th April at 1500hrs local time.

The tournament’s second match will take place at the same venue at 18h: 30 when Tunisia and Botswana compete the Group A first games. Group B will kick off the following day in Marrakech with Congo and Ivory Coast opening the proceedings at Grand Stade de Marrakech at 15h00 before Ghana and Nigeria clash at 18h30.

At stake at this tournament is not only the chance to replace Burkina Faso (who did not qualify to defend their title) as the reigning African champions but the semi-finalists will get to represent the continent at the FIFA U-17 World Cup to be held in United Arab Emirates from 17 October to 8 November 2013.