The Big Island is involved in the 9th Games of La Francophonie. The next edition will take place in Kinshasa, from July 28 to August 6.
Comeback twenty-six years later. After the last participation at home in 1997, the Big Island is committed to the 9th edition of the Games of La Francophonie which will be held in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, from July 28 to August 6. Moreover, Madagascar rarely participates in team sport at the Games of La Francophonie. Sixteen countries are in the running.
At the end of the draw made on October 29 in Kinshasa, Madagascar finds itself in group A with the host country, DR Congo, Canada Quebec and Congo-Brazzaville.
Madagascar will start once morest Congo-Brazzaville on July 27, a day before the official opening ceremony. On the second day, the Malagasy selection will play once morest Canada on July 29, before completing the group stage once morest DR Congo, the host country on July 29.
Pool B is made up of France, Tunisia, Niger and Burkina Faso. Group C is made up of Senegal, Benin, Cameroon and Mauritania. And D is made up of Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire, Lebanon and Guinea. The technical management will carry out the pre-selection test from this Saturday, from April 8 to 15, at the National Technical Center in Carion. “It’s not yet the regrouping, but rather a series of tests. We will release on April 23, the pre-list of thirty pre-selected players, ”explains Rado Rasoanaivo, national technical director.
Preselection test
Ninety-four pre-selected, detected during the U20 regional selection cup at the beginning of January, will take the test for a week. Not yet named, the national coach will be known next week. “We opted for a selection of U20s at the Games of La Francophonie, which will later be revisited for the Cosafa Cup U20 in December”, specifies the first technical manager of the Malagasy round ball.
In 1997, Madagascar formed by former Scorpions like Menakely Ruphin or Christian “Kely” Rakotoarimanana, under the leadership of coach Jérémie Randriambololona, was eliminated on penalties by Congo-Brazzaville at home, in the semi-finals, then lost once morest Cameroon, in a classification match for third place.
The Francophonie Games take place every four years. Initially scheduled for August 19 to 28, 2022, the organizing committee and the government of the host country decided on February 8 to postpone them for this year. Nine sports disciplines will be on the program for the 9th edition. Besides football, there will be women’s basketball, and seven other individual sports namely athletics, disabled sports, judo, free and African wrestling, table tennis and road cycling.
