The two Botswana teams are tipped to do well in front of home fans. At the time of going to press yesterday, Kutlwano men had sailed to the last four after winning all their three games. Their sisters made it with one game left. Even if they lost the last game, Kutlwano women are already through to the semis.
The women's competition has been divided into two groups of five teams each while the men's event has four pools. Only Pool C of the men's competitions has five teams while the rest have four each. With the Kutlwano clubs already assured of a semi-final slot, other Botswana sides also stand a good chance of sailing through. The fate of BDF VI men was to be decided by the match between the Red Skins of Lesotho and Associao Academia De Maputo (AAM) in Pool B. Red Skins is the only team to beat BDF in the pool but a loss to AAM means the Botswana side sneaks through. In Pool C that had five teams, another army side, Diphatsa, which had collected nine points, stood a good chance of finishing as the best runners-up and reaching the semis. Diphatsa was the only second-placed team in all pools that had beaten their opponents by a margin of 3-0. Their only loss was to Lomahasha of Swaziland. In the women category, another local side, Mafolofolo, was on the verge of qualifying for the semis yesterday. They were in position two and had a game in hand. Their chances of finishing tops were high considering that the pool leaders, Super Kids of South Africa, had already played all their games. Twenty-three teams from seven Southern African countries are participating in the weeklong competition that comes to an end tomorrow. The finals of the competition will be held tomorrow at the Lobatse Stadium.
