The Zambia National Team, the local Chipolopolo have intensified preparations for the 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN).
The Chipolopolo Boys have been putting in hard work this week at UNILUS Stadium in Lusaka.
The premier tournament for Africa’s home-based national footballers is set to run from 2 to 30 August 2025 across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The technical bench led by head coach Avram Grant has been conducting rigorous training sessions throughout the week focusing on fitness, tactical shape and team cohesion ahead of the continental showpiece.
The Chipolopolo will be making their fifth appearance at the biannual tournament with their best outing being 2009 when they finished third.
Since then Zambia has missed three tournaments (2011, 2014 and 2022) and reached the quarter finals the other three times (2016,2018, and 2020).
Zambia has been drawn into Group A alongside hosts Kenya, Congo DR, Morocco, and Angola.
Chipolopolo will kick off their CHAN campaign on 7 August against Congo DR, followed by a meeting with Angola on 10 August.
The third match is against Morocco on 14 August, before concluding the group stage with a potentially decisive tie against the hosts Kenya on 17 August.
