Castle Lager returns as Cosafa Cup title sponsor

Castle Lager has returned as the title sponsor of the Cosafa Cup, an international football tournament featuring national teams from Southern Africa.

The deal will run for five years, from 2016 to 2020.

The 2016 event will take place from May 15-29 in Namibia.

Castle Lager was the title sponsor of the tournament for a decade, starting with the inaugural event in 1997.

“The tournament provides Castle Lager with the opportunity to unite the nations of Southern Africa as the 14 countries of the region come together in Namibia in 2016 to compete in the tournament,” Alastair Hewitt, the general manager of the Castle Lager – Africa division at SABMiller, said.

“We have recently built a new brewery in Okahanja in Namibia and this tournament provides us with an opportunity to profile the work that we do in football and also our commitment to the country of Namibia as a new commercial venture in the country.”