South African women football team, Bayana Bayana, will get $100,000 for qualifying for 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The South Africans stunned 2-time African Champions, Equatorial Guinea, with a 1-0 away victory in Bata after drawing 0-0 at home, to reach their second successive Olympic Games.
Sponsors, Sasol and the South African Football Association surprised the women’s national team by pledging a $50,000 bonus each.
Coach Vera Pauw has been handed a life line to lead the Bayana Bayana to the Games.
