WAFCON calling!

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges faced by coaches Lucky Kakuva and Hugo Broos in their respective journeys towards major football tournaments.

On this week’s COSAFA Show podcast, we have a tale of two coaches, one who has led his team to the FIFA World Cup next year, and another who is looking to upset the odds and get to the continental championship. Namibia coach Lucky Kakuva will be proud of the fight his side showed as they lost 4-2 to powerhouse COSAFA rivals Zambia on Wednesday. But they now face an uphill battle in the second leg in Ndola to try and work their way back into the tie. The winner will advance to the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026, which will be played next March and April That tournament will produce the four teams from Africa that will compete at the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil in 2027. One man who has already steered his side to the global finals is South Africa men’s coach Hugo Broos , who will be present at the tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada. It was not plain sailing for Bafana Bafana, but he offers his thoughts on qualifying out of a group that also contained Nigeria.

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Gleeson, Nick Said

Topics covered

• coaching
• women's football
• CAF tournaments
• FIFA World Cup
• COSAFA

Keywords

• COSAFA
• Lucky Kakuva
• Hugo Broos
• CAF Women's Africa Cup
• FIFA World Cup
• Namibia
• Zambia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: COSAFA, TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations

Places: Namibia, Zambia, Morocco, Brazil

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