COCA-COLA Tanzania have handed over sports kits for 16 football regions that qualified for the national finals of the U-15 talents scouting football tournament - Copa Coca-Cola -to be held in Dar es Salaam and Coast Region from December 13-20, this year.
The kits presented to the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) on Wednesday include 480 jerseys, 480 shin guards, 480 socks, 56 goalkeeper gloves, 10 referees' uniforms and 120 footballs.
The teams will arrive at the Filbert Bayi School hostel, on December 10 and undergo a compulsory age verification exercise the next day.
TFF Youth Football Development Committee Chairman Ayoub Nyenzi called on regional officials to observe the key element of the tournament.
"This is an age category tournament and we will ensure that all participants fulfill this requirement before they can be allowed to play", said Nyenzi.
His call comes amid claims that some of the players that featured in the regional Copa Coca-Cola matches were above the required 15-year mark and TFF has since formed a fiveman committee to assess and verify each and every player before kick-off of the national finals whose opening ceremony will be held at the Karume Memorial Stadium in Dar es Salaam on December 13.
Nyenzi commended Coca- Cola for providing the sports kits, saying they will enable all the players to compete equally "as each and everyone will have the necessary equipment required for a football player."
This is the eighth year in a row that Copa Coca-Cola is being held in Tanzania, providing a unique platform for thousands of aspiring football talents every year to showcase their skills.
Copa Coca-Cola also gives outstanding players an opportunity to attend international training camps to further improve their standard of football.
The recent camp was held in Pretoria, South Africa, last Month. Nyenzi said Copa Coca- Cola has made a significant contribution to Tanzanian football with some of the players scouted through the tournament featuring for U-17, U-20 national teams as well as the senior national side, Taifa Stars. "This is something that TFF is proud about," he said.
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