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SAFA presentation to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee

on Sport

Tuesday 08 November 2011

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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: Vision 2014

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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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London Olympics 2012

Banyana Banyana have already qualified

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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

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Bafana Bafana fans thank you