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SUSTAINED NATIONAL TEAM SUCCESS THROUGH FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT
Overall Goal: To be No 1 in Africa at all levels•Key to sustained national team success lies in creating a rich pipeline of talent through sytematic and well funded development structures. •SAFA National Development Framework and Technical master plan in place to build this talent pipeline over the next ten years.
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National Development Framework
“The Summit”:Player Development
“The Foundation”:Support Infrastructure
Football Infrastructure Social Support
1. Rules & Regulations
2. Code of Conduct
3. Facility Standards & Availability
4. Standards for ClubOperations
5. Coaching &Refereeing
6. Stakeholder Support 7. Systems
Support (IT, HR, Fin, Science, etc)
8. Youth Talent ID and Development
9. Compe- tition
Structure
11. NationalTeamPerformance
10. Women’s FootballDevelopment
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Men’s National Teams Value Chain
TBC Solly Luvhengo
Ephraim Mashaba
Jairo Leal
Solly Luvhengo
TBC Ephraim Mashaba
Simon Ngomane
Pitso Mosimane
Technical / Scientific Support for National Teams
U-13 League at LFA Level
U-15 League at LFA Level
U-19 Regional League
Nat’l Tournaments
Talent Sources
Provincial leagues
U-13 Leagues at Regional Level
U-15 Leagues at Regional Level
Academies/School of Excellence
U-17 Leagues at Regional Level
Converting from a 2-year to a 4-year development cycle
Grassroots Programme
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Women’s National Teams Value Chain
Greg Mashilo
Sheryl Botes
Greg Mashilo
Sheryl Botes
Joseph Mkhonza
Technical / Scientific Support for National Teams
Grassroots Programme
U-13 League at LFA Level
U-15 League at LFA Level
U-19 Regional League
Nat’l Tournaments
Talent Sources
Academies/School of Excellence
U-13 Competition at Regional Level
U-15 Competition at Regional Level
Leagues
U-17 Leagues at Regional Level
Converting from a 2-year to a 4-year development cycle
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Bafana Bafana
Key objectives:• Achieve Second round at Brazil 2014
– Win FWC2014 qualification group.– Win the two legged play-off match and qualify for the
final tournament.– Progress through group stages
• Reach final match of AFCON 2013 in South Africa– Series of strategic friendly matches against top 6
African teams, and high-ranked European or South American teams.
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Bafana Bafana: Vision 2014
Friendly Games
Mini-Camps
Friendly Games
FIFA Friendly Games
BRASIL WORLD CUP
2012
2010/ 2011
2013
2014
COSAFA / CHAN
AFCON Gabon/ E Guinea Qualifiers
World Cup Qualifiers
COSAFA / CHAN
COSAFA / CHAN
Mini-Camps
Mini-Camps
AFCON South Africa 2013
World Cup Qualifiers
AFCON 2012
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SETBACK: FAILURE TO QUALIFY AFCON 2012
Lessons Learned– Process failure
• Check-list did not include formally studying rules and discussing them• No one person charged with this KPA
– Technical failure• All made incorrect assumptions based on earlier CAF communications
and did not check them• All made assumptions based on FIFA rules and traditional practice and
did not check them • Ambiguities and problems with the Rules not clarified beforehand
– Management and Support failure • Need to boost capacity in national team management• Need to involve Legal department in Rules and Regulations briefings• Need to boost training of SAFA Heads of Delegation
– CAF Issues• Rules were ambiguously written and published late• Circular received prior to tournament confused matters• Application of rule in this instance led to fundamentally unfair result
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CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
• Apology to nation by President
• Internal disciplinary measures concluded.
• Change of Process– Allocation of responsibility for Rules to HOD: National teams.
– Process of receiving, checking, work-shopping of Rules in place.
• Boost of Management capacity– Employment of Assistant Manager, Senior National Team to be
fast-tracked.
• Training for Heads of Delegation.
• Have formally asked CAF to review and change the rule for the future
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GETTING BACK ON TRACK
• Win our qualifiers for 2014
• Prepare to win AFCON 2013
• Series of competitive friendlies during 2012 to ensure rise in Ranks and seeding for international tournaments.
• Sustained and accelerated focus on development pipeline
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OLYMPIC PREPARATION
• Camp for six months prior to Olympics
• Series of international friendlies home and away
• Work with SUSPI High Performance Centre
• Work with SANDF on fitness programme
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London Olympics 2012
SA U23 Men’s team will be competing in the inaugural CAF U23 Championship in Morocco from November 26th to December 10th
– 8 teams are participating– Two groups of 4– Top 3 teams will qualify for the Olympic games– 4th placed team will play-off against an Asian
team
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CHALLENGES
• Olympic qualifying tournament lies outside of FIFA calendar
• Player release from clubs difficult
• Working with League on resolving matter