{"id":441439,"date":"2011-06-15T07:51:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T07:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/15\/namibia-under-20s-clinch-german-youth-final\/"},"modified":"2011-06-15T07:51:16","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T07:51:16","slug":"namibia-under-20s-clinch-german-youth-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/15\/namibia-under-20s-clinch-german-youth-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia: Under-20s Clinch German Youth Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"42.0869565217\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.namibian.com.na\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/namibian180.jpg\" alt=\"The Namibian (Windhoek)\" title=\"Visit The Namibian (Windhoek)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>14 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Namibia&#8217;s under-20 side won the International Youth Tournament in Germany after they defeated Armenia Bielefeld 1-0 in the final yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Striker Benson Shilongo scored the winner, while his teammate and captain Neville Tjiueza was voted the tournament&#8217;s best player.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, the Namibian team played to two-all draw against Hertha Berlin in the semifinals, with Black Africa striker Roger Katjiteo scoring a brace, and advanced to the final match with a 4-3 penalty shootout victory.<\/p>\n<p>The team began their assault of the youth tournament title in Theesen where they played and won two games on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>In the first game, the Namibians faced Vfl Theesen, whom they dispatched 2-0 thanks to goals by Petrus Shitembi and Katjiteo, while in the second victory over Eintracht Frankfurt, Edmund Kambanda, Randall Goagoseb and Tjiueza got Namibia&#8217;s goals to record a 3-2 victory.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the team defeated Russia&#8217;s Zenit St. Petersburg, 1-0 with Benson Shilongo on target but were then held to one-all draw by Borussia Dortmund, with Shitembi the goal-scorer.<\/p>\n<p>This follows recent good results in friendly matches that included a 3-1 victory over Armenia Bielefeld last week; the 4-2 win over the Westphalia under-17 side and a 2-1 defeat to a team of youth players competing in the attached to Bundesliga clubs. Some players that are part of this team in Germany also featured for the national under-20 side that finished second at Cosafa Youth Championships last year in Botswana and were also instrumental in winning the Metropolitan Cup in Cape Town during Easter this year.<\/p>\n<p>They include Collin Ndjai, Robinson Iyambo, Innocent Tembo, Randall Goagoseb, Roger Katjiteo, Benson Shilongo, Petrus Shitembi, Alpheus Handura and Neville Tjiueza.<\/p>\n<p>The team returns home today.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See original article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106150211.html\" title=\"Namibia: Under-20s Clinch German Youth Final\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Namibia: Under-20s Clinch German Youth Final<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 14 June 2011 Namibia&#8217;s under-20 side won the International Youth Tournament in Germany after they defeated Armenia Bielefeld 1-0 in the final yesterday. Striker Benson Shilongo scored the winner, while his teammate and captain Neville Tjiueza was voted the tournament&#8217;s best player. Earlier in the day, the Namibian team played to two-all draw against Hertha Berlin in the semifinals, with Black Africa striker Roger Katjiteo scoring a brace, and advanced to the final match with a 4-3 penalty shootout victory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-441439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Namibia: Under-20s Clinch German Youth Final - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/15\/namibia-under-20s-clinch-german-youth-final\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Namibia: Under-20s Clinch German Youth Final - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"14 June 2011 Namibia&#039;s under-20 side won the International Youth Tournament in Germany after they defeated Armenia Bielefeld 1-0 in the final yesterday. 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