Lesotho's under 17 national side ‘Bahlabani’ will take on the host nation Namibia and Botswana in Group A in the forth coming Council of Southern Africa Football Association (COSAFA) Championship billed in Windhoek.

The tournament will kick start on December 08 to 15 later this year, where 12 nations are expected to participate.

In Group B, Mozambique will play Swaziland and Zambia while in Group C, Madagascar, Mauritius and South Africa will play each other with the final Group D consisting of Angola, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

Meanwhile, Lesotho Football Association (LEFA) Technical Director of women and Youth development Mr. Seephephe 'Mochine' Matete has confirmed that Bahlabani will participate at the tournament.

'We have already met with the coaches and even players have been selected and the programme is in place. The training will resume on Monday,' he explained.

He said, Likhopo mentor, Mr. Bishop Molatoli will be head coach of the team and that he will be assisted by the U-15 coach Mr. Matita Lemao.

The tournament whose purpose is to develop and mould young footballers at grassroots level and give them early exposure in the region has received financial backing from Supersport to a tune of M500 000.00, M175 000.00 from Confederation of African Football (CAF) as well as the Namibian government.

Source: LENA 16/10/2007