The semifinal and final of the Mulindavhathu Soccer Challenge will be played at the Khubvi Benjies grounds this weekend.

The semifinals will be played tomorrow, with the final on Sunday. The teams that have made it to the semifinals are Khubvi Peace Makers, Mudaswali United Brothers, Khubvi Dangerous Darkies and MT Green Mambas.

Khubvi Peace Makers will meet Mudaswali United Brothers in the first semifinal. Peace Makers beat Makwarani Frelimo Boys 2-0 in their quarterfinal last weekend to secure a place in the semis. United Brothers’ way to the semifinal went via Vhutalu Mountain Rangers, whom they narrowly beat 1-0.

Peace Makers will be without their striker, Edzisani Mukhethiwa, who saw red in their game against Frelimo Boys last weekend. The match is scheduled to start at 12:00.

The second semifinal match will be between Khubvi Dangerous Darkies and MT Green Mambas. Dangerous Darkies secured a place in the semifinal after beating Musasenda Big Five 8-3, while MT Green Mambas crushed Makonde Young Tigers 3-1 in their quarterfinal match.

It remains to be seen whether Green Mambas will have the power to penetrate the defence of Darkies, which is marshalled by Tshivhidzo Muthubi and Murangi Ramatsea. The second semifinal is scheduled to start at 15:00.

The final will start at 15:00 on Sunday. The teams booted out tomorrow will fight for the third and fourth positions in their losers’ final match on Sunday at 13:00. The champions of the competition will take home a cash prize of R2 000, a floating trophy, gold medals, soccer kit and soccer ball.

The second-placed side will be presented with a cash prize of R1 500, silver medals, soccer kit and a soccer ball. A soccer kit, bronze medals and soccer ball are awaiting a team that will finish in the third spot, while the fourth-placed side will be given a soccer kit and soccer ball. Sambandou United Professionals failed to defend their championship as they were booted out of the competition in the round-robin phase.