{"id":71545,"date":"2025-05-05T09:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=71545"},"modified":"2025-05-05T09:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:16:13","slug":"zeekoevlei-high-crowned-freedom-cup-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=71545","title":{"rendered":"Zeekoevlei High crowned Freedom Cup champions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: ACK Sport Photography<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zeekoevlei High<\/strong> lifted the Freedom Cup<\/strong> trophy on the weekend at Wynberg Boys’ High School<\/strong> after defeating Urban Academy<\/strong> in the final of the under-19 division.<\/p>\n

The tournament brought together over 900 players, competing in the u15, 17, and u19 age divisions.<\/p>\n

In total, there were 56 teams, who played a record-breaking 158 fixtures across six fields over a period of four days.<\/p>\n

Cape Town’s biggest schools, including Bishops<\/strong> and Rondebosch<\/strong>, participated in the event, which is one of the biggest football tournaments in the Western Cape region and, indeed, in the country.<\/p>\n

From the outset, Zeekoevlei was well ahead of the other teams, and they carried their momentum into the knockout stage of the tournament. They breezed through those matches, too, and into the final.<\/p>\n

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Photo: ACK Sport Photography<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was far tougher in the title game, where a determined Urban Academy side gave them a run for their money. At full-time, the teams were level at 1-1.<\/p>\n

Zeekoevlei, though, stayed calm and managed the shootout better than Urban Academy to claim the title.<\/p>\n

Rondebosch Boys’ High won the Plate after beating Norman Henshilwood<\/strong> 4-0 while the Wynberg Boys’ High B<\/strong> team walked away as the Bowl winners.<\/p>\n

Knockout Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cup final – Zeekoevlei High 1-1 Urban Academy
\n3rd\/4th – Wynberg Boys’ High 2-4 George Royals
\n11th\/12th – Bishops 0-1 South Peninsula
\nPlate Final – Rondebosch Boys 4-0 Norman Henshilwood<\/p>\n

Final Standings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zeekoevlei High
\nUrban Academy
\nGeorge Royals
\nWynberg Boys High
\nPlumstead High
\nPortland High
\nPinelands
\nMilnerton
\nRondebosch Boys’ High
\nNorman Henshilwood High
\nSouth Peninsula High
\nBishops
\nEdgemead High
\nHout Bay International School
\nWesterford High
\nThe Glen High
\nWynberg Boys’ High B
\nSt Peter’s College
\nCurro Century City
\nReddam House Constantia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zeekoevlei High lifted the Freedom Cup trophy on the weekend at Wynberg Boys’ High School after defeating Urban Academy in the final of the under-19 division. The tournament brought together over 900 players, competing in the u15, 17, and u19 age divisions. In total, there were 56 teams, who played a record-breaking 158 fixtures across […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":71549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}