L'afrique deu Sud n'aura droit qu'a une seul club en CLA
Posté : 04 déc. 2010, 21:15
L'afrique du Sud n'aura droit qu'a une seul club en ligue africaine des champions, d'apres la derniere decision de la CAF qui fait suite a son classement des 12 premiers pays suivant la performance de leur club. D'apres les journalistes sud-africains, il serait reproche a ces clubs un certain manque d'interet aux competitions africaines, car ils estimaient qu'elles n'etaient pas assez lucratives. Ils devront ainsi attendre jusqu'a 2016 pour le nouveau classement. Aux clubs congolais de s'assurer que nous avond au moins toujours un representant dans le dernier carre pour garder nos deux places.
Ci-dessous l'article en question.
The Confederation of African Football has landed a blow below the belt of South African football that may take Mzansi perhaps a decade from which to recover.
For years South Africa has shown a total lack of respect to Pan-African club football, and on Friday CAF delivered a sledgehammer blow to the solar plexus of an unsuspecting South African public.
On Friday evening CAF released the 2011 qualification criteria for the African Champions League indicating the 12 top countries eligible to field two entrants in the competition that has just been won by the DR Congo’s TP Mazembe based on the performances of clubs in Pan-African club competitions during the last five years.
And the current 12 top countries in numerical order are – Tunisia, Egypt, Nigeria, Sudan, DR Congo, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Angola and neighbours Zimbabwe – indicating that arrogant South Africa has crashed out of the top 12 and thus no longer eligible from next year to enter two clubs until the year 2016.
This is certainly a serious blow to Mamelodi Sundowns, last year’s runners-up in the Absa Premiership who have assembled a formidable squad with the aim of going for the premier continental club competition that guarantees the winner a $1.5m first prize and a ticket to participate in the Fifa World Club Championship.
And everyone who follows local football knows how committed Sundowns have been towards Pan-African club competitions and how much they desperately wanted to conquer the continent and parade their players at the Fifa World Club championship as representatives of the continent, but sadly they have to wait until they win the domestic championship outright.
South African clubs have, due to gains by Orlando Pirates back in 1995 and subsequently Kaizer Chiefs who won then Nelson Mandela Cup while Sundowns were losing finalists in 2004, sadly been spurning the opportunity to prove their credentials at club level across the continent almost every season.
Club owners, whether rightly or wrongly, have failed to seriously bid for continental glory, citing lack of proper financial incentives; high costs involved in participating; harsh conditions coupled with terrible officiating bordering on cheating as some of the reasons they were not interested in taking part in CAF club competitions. This has now come back to haunt the country.
Yet an economically challenged country like Zimbabwe across our borders has continued to enter their clubs Dynamos, Monomotapa and CAPS United and they have done exceptionally well over the years. Under demanding conditions they have achieved incredible results as they reached the last four every year, and now they have been rewarded with two spots in both competitions.
This means that South Africa will only be allowed to enter SuperSport United for the African Champions League and Bidvest Wits University for the CAF Confederation Cup in next year’s Pan-African club competitions.
And the performances of the two clubs as well as future league and cup winners representatives in the next five years, will determine whether South Africa’s position will improve and they can work their way back into the top 12 again.
http://supersport.com/football/africa/n ... mpetitions
Ci-dessous l'article en question.
The Confederation of African Football has landed a blow below the belt of South African football that may take Mzansi perhaps a decade from which to recover.
For years South Africa has shown a total lack of respect to Pan-African club football, and on Friday CAF delivered a sledgehammer blow to the solar plexus of an unsuspecting South African public.
On Friday evening CAF released the 2011 qualification criteria for the African Champions League indicating the 12 top countries eligible to field two entrants in the competition that has just been won by the DR Congo’s TP Mazembe based on the performances of clubs in Pan-African club competitions during the last five years.
And the current 12 top countries in numerical order are – Tunisia, Egypt, Nigeria, Sudan, DR Congo, Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Angola and neighbours Zimbabwe – indicating that arrogant South Africa has crashed out of the top 12 and thus no longer eligible from next year to enter two clubs until the year 2016.
This is certainly a serious blow to Mamelodi Sundowns, last year’s runners-up in the Absa Premiership who have assembled a formidable squad with the aim of going for the premier continental club competition that guarantees the winner a $1.5m first prize and a ticket to participate in the Fifa World Club Championship.
And everyone who follows local football knows how committed Sundowns have been towards Pan-African club competitions and how much they desperately wanted to conquer the continent and parade their players at the Fifa World Club championship as representatives of the continent, but sadly they have to wait until they win the domestic championship outright.
South African clubs have, due to gains by Orlando Pirates back in 1995 and subsequently Kaizer Chiefs who won then Nelson Mandela Cup while Sundowns were losing finalists in 2004, sadly been spurning the opportunity to prove their credentials at club level across the continent almost every season.
Club owners, whether rightly or wrongly, have failed to seriously bid for continental glory, citing lack of proper financial incentives; high costs involved in participating; harsh conditions coupled with terrible officiating bordering on cheating as some of the reasons they were not interested in taking part in CAF club competitions. This has now come back to haunt the country.
Yet an economically challenged country like Zimbabwe across our borders has continued to enter their clubs Dynamos, Monomotapa and CAPS United and they have done exceptionally well over the years. Under demanding conditions they have achieved incredible results as they reached the last four every year, and now they have been rewarded with two spots in both competitions.
This means that South Africa will only be allowed to enter SuperSport United for the African Champions League and Bidvest Wits University for the CAF Confederation Cup in next year’s Pan-African club competitions.
And the performances of the two clubs as well as future league and cup winners representatives in the next five years, will determine whether South Africa’s position will improve and they can work their way back into the top 12 again.
http://supersport.com/football/africa/n ... mpetitions
