DStv eKasi Games - all you need to know

The DSTV eKasi Champ of Champs tournament is an opportunity for South Africa to enjoy a televised commemoration of football and youth.

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the 16 June 1976 student uprising in Soweto when young people protested the imposition of Afrikaans by the apartheid regime as a medium of instruction.

This year National Youth Day and Youth Month will be celebrated under the theme:

“The Year of Charlotte Mannya Maxeke: Growing youth employment for an inclusive and transformed society.”

Football is to be celebrated with the theme of liberation and the contribution of youth. A three-weekend long celebration.

The DSTV eKasi Champ of Champs will use the plate and cup system for the tournament. There will be two groups, which will have four teams per group.

The teams will play a round robin and the two top teams in each group will progress to the semifinals of the cup. The two bottom teams in the groups will also play for the plate as they will have been eliminated from the cup.

THE TEAMS

BEKE LE BEKE FC

Beke Le Beke Football CLub was formed in 2016 by Pule Seseng, Kenny Diamond and Paul Gumede, with the aim of making a difference in their location. When they realised

how committed the residents of a Zone 12 and Small Farm were regarding soccer they

decided that they were going to establish a team with the aim of giving all Vaal players an opportunity to play.

As small a team as it was, a year after being founded it became a brand that

continues to compete in different areas and locations such as Soweto, Free state,

Krugersdorp, and Mpumalanga.

HONOURS

Pooe Festive Games-2017 3rd place
Kingdom Cup - 2019 3rd place
Chacknino Heritage games winners - 2020
Makgothamishe- 2017 Runners up
Edgar Legoale Festive Games winners – 2019 (Free State)
Pooe Festive games winners – 2021
Kingdom Cup -2022 Easter Tournament

LA MASIA FC

La Masia was established in 2015 by a group of friends who played together and decided to open their own team. The team is being assisted/owned with funds and running costs from owner/chairman Mr Nazier Baker.

The team’s vision is to provide a doorway for upcoming young football players in Westbury and neighbouring communities.

In 2016 La Masia won the Roodepoort Community Tournament and in 2017, they successfully defended that championship. La Masia reached the final of the Steven Pienaar Annual Community Tournament 2017 and subsequently won it in 2021.

They won the Walter Sisulu Discovery on the first attempt and won various trophies. Since inception La Masia has been well received and followed in and around Westbury and neighbouring communities.

CHEGO 17 FC

CheGO 17 is a team that was formed during 2012 by a group of community

leaders within Mamelodi East.

The team has made an impact in changing lives of young players in and around Pretoria. The team mainly partake in tournaments in and around Gauteng Province throughout the calendar year.

The stated aim of the team is to give previously disadvantaged and talented young and upcoming soccer players an opportunity to participate at a tournament, league, and social level.

The following players, among others, turned professional: Xola Mlambo, Vusimuzi Mcube, Khuliso Mudau, and Tumi Ngwepe.

AMBASSADORS FC

Ambassadors FC is managed and owned by Ambassadors Sports Management, which is a player management agency and has about 20 players under its stable who are up and coming talent plying their trade in the ABC Motsepe League across the country, as well as at the DSTV Diski Challenge level.

FREE AGENTS FC

The club was founded in 2018 after a breakaway from Tsunami FC to give players more

opportunity to participate in various competitions. The team gave opportunities to players who are out of contracts to train as free agents.

The team participated in the 2019 Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Goodwill Games, where they were knocked out in the group stages. Come 2021, after Covid-19, Free Agent came back strongly and won the 2021 edition.

The team is solely run and sponsored by Mr Olaitan Oladeru who is the Chairman and Coach of the team.

CHIPOLOPOLO FC

Chipolopolo FC was formed in 2012 by Fuduwa Kutuma, Team Manager Ntsako Ndlovu, and Coach Ntsunda.

The team has been taking part in lots of community tournaments. They have won three trophies since their formation.

AT MAMBAS FC

Mambas FC, established in 2010, was founded by Artuolo Machange, AKA Mamba. The reason behind the creation of the team was to unite Africans during Xenophobic attacks in Makuesa, Germiston.

They have won 17 trophies from multiple games. The team has produced a number of players in the National Soccer League

VAAL MONATE FC

Vaal Monate FC decided to take a big step by enrolling an A team into the structural football ELFA Super League in the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 seasons.

The team currently has three players playing in the NFD, one PSL player, one in the ABC

Motsepe League, and five players in a promotional league. The team claims to be looking forward to winning things and continuing to make a difference to the youth and the community.

VAAL MONATE HAS WON:

Pooe Festive Games-2016
Kingdom Cup -2019
Makgothamishe- 2015
Finalist Moso Nike Centre
Pooe Summer Games Shoe Drive- 2021
Mabusmaneng- 2022
Kingdom Cup -2022 Easter Tournament