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Club Tijuana back for Future Champs

There will be one very familiar name and a new entrant in the field for the 2014 Future Champions Gauteng International Tournament to be staged at the Football Training Centre in Pimville, Soweto, from March 24-29. Defending champions Club Tijuana…Read more

SUNWARD PARK COMPETES AT FUTURE CHAMPIONS

Sunward Park will be the only Boksburg school competing at the 2014 Future Champions Gauteng International Tournament later this month. The Boksburg-based place of learning won their ticket to the International Tournament, having come through both the Gauteng Schools Cup…Read more

Suiderlig hosts successful school’s Cup

VANDERBIJLPARK. – Sedgars was among the main sponsors of this year’s very successful Future Championship Gauteng Schools Cup held at Sniderlig High School and Isak Steyl Stadium recently. The store is well-known for selling the best sports attire and uniforms…Read more

Sunderland in Future Champs Cup

Sunderland AFC’s under-16 team will fly out to South Africa at the end of the month to compete in the 2014 Future Champions Gauteng Cup. The Future Champions Gauteng Cup is regarded as one of the most competitive youth tournaments…Read more

The Draw – Future Champions Gauteng 2014

Group A Group B Group C Group D BRAZZAVILLE K STARS SAKI WEST ROYAL WAHANDOH TORONTO FC ADO DEN HAAG ASPIRE SUNDERLAND SHANDONG ATLETICO MINEIRO XOLOS USYSA SELECT JOMO COSMOS SUPERSPORTS SUNWARD PARK MAMELODI SUNDOWNS

  • We had a wonderful football and cultural experience in Gauteng. The tournament and activities were very well organized and we found everyone involved extremely helpful and accommodating. We have all returned home with fantastic memories of our time in South Africa, both on and off the pitch, and have made many new friends as a result of the trip. I hope that we are invited to participate in future tournaments.

    Everton Academy Head Coach

  • The experience both on and off the field for our players during the Future Champions tournament in Gauteng was life-enriching for all those who participated. We were privileged enough to win this edition but what will be bringing us back in future is the cross-cultural education our players receive from spending time with athletes from all over the world. They are human beings before they are football players and enriching them with other cultures is as rewarding as the experience they receive on the field.

    Club Tijuana Director of Football

  • After twenty years of experiencing tournaments around the globe, Future Champions is hands down the best organized, well run International Tournament we have ever participated in. Bringing teams from dozens of different countries provided our boys exposure to cultural diversity they only read about in textbooks. It’s amazing how sport can be the cultural link that provides the opportunity to interact with each other and discover that our global community is a bit smaller than they realized. We had a football and cultural experience that will be cherished for the rest of our lives.

    Director of USYSA Select

  • For us to compete in Future Champions is much more than playing a series of matches. It is an opportunity to compete and contrast our level against the best teams from around the world and the possibility of living in another culture and environment for an unforgettable week, learning about the history of the fight for human rights.

    Director of Aspire Academy

  • The addition of a girls’ competition this year is a natural expansion for what has become a hugely popular event. Over and above the football, the players are also exposed to life-skills courses and HIV/AIDS awareness that could end up saving their lives in the future. We have had an amazing partnership with the Gauteng Province over the last decade and we thank each and every stakeholder for making the Future Champions Gauteng campaign such a huge success

    Tournament director