Coach Helman Mkhalele has announced an enlarged 51-member preliminary South African men’s squad for this year’s edition of the regional COSAFA Cup.

This year’s tournament will be held from 26 June – 7 July 2024. Mkhalele will announce the final 23-member squad in the next few days.

The COSAFA Cup draw was conducted on Friday and hosts Bafana Bafana were pitted against Botswana, Mozambique and Eswatini in Group A.

The pool games will be played from 26 June to 3 July 2024, with the semifinals on 5 July and the final and third-place play-off on 7 July.

THE 2024 COSAFA CUP DRAW

GROUP A

South Africa

Mozambique

Eswatini

Botswana

GROUP B

Zambia (Team to be confirmed)

Comoros

Zimbabwe

GROUP C

Angola

Namibia

Lesotho

Seychelles