South Africa will seek to reach the global showpiece by finishing in the top three at the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations in Egypt next year.
The SA U-23s are set to face Angola in March in their first qualifier for the CAF event, with either Swaziland or Zimbabwe awaiting in the final qualifier.
Jordan is encouraged that many players in the fold gained experience representing Amajita at the 2017 U-20 World Cup in South Korea, and Bafana at the COSAFA Cup.
"You see the Under-23s, we had an U-20 team that went to the World Cup last year and many of those players actually played in the COSAFA Cup," Jordaan said.
"Players like Thabo Cele, Luther Singh, and many of them are there. It is just for the coach to get them and to build on them.
"In fact we are playing Angola in the final round of the qualifiers for the Olympics. The last eight teams will go to Cairo to play in the final, and then from there three will qualify for the Tokyo Olympics (the fourth-placed team will play an Asian country in a play-off).
"So we have to start building the team. But the problem for the national teams is that the players are not sitting around in our structures; they are there in the clubs. We have got to negotiate to get the release of these players.
"But the good thing this time the qualification is in line with the national calendar dates, so it shouldn't be a problem to get the release of the players, because that has been a problem even at the U-20 World Cup. You remember Reeve Frosler arrived late, Phakamani Mahlambi, but they're there.
"Those are U-23 players. We should have a good team because they're experienced. Many of them have been in the Bafana team already. So I think we must just get the coach to settle on the team."
Highlands Park coach Owen da Gama oversaw the national side at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil prior to his contract expiring with the association.
South Africa also had a football team at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.