The Zambia U17 and U20 national teams will this Sunday know their opponents at next years CAF junior championships finals to be played in Niger and Senegal respectively.
The draws for the two tournaments will be made at the CAF headquarters starting at 0900hrs.
The U17 tournament will run from February 15 to March 1 with the semi finalists qualifying for the FIFA World Cup to be played in Chile. The U20 tournament will be played from March 8 to March 22 and the semi finalists at this tournament will qualify for the FIFA world cup in New Zealand.
The U17 team coached by Chris Kaunda will be joined by Niger (hosts), Cameroon, South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali and Nigeria. Ghana had initially qualified but were later disqualified for fielding an ineligible player and replaced by Cameroon.
The teams in the draw for the U20 tournament are Senegal (hosts), South Africa, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Nigeria.
This is the first time that the Zambia U17 team will be participating in the continental championship.
With the scintillating form of our lads ni all smiles chabe…Tails up, smile and wave boys, smile and wave.
Lets try to maintain this team so that we can use them for the under 23 games as well
COME ON BOYS NI TWO GAMES, TWO WINS THEN YOU ARE IN!!
you did us proud in zibambwe.
No more age cheaters.
Just prepare well you will do some wonderful things boys both for the nation and yourselves
Just work hard and grab this opportunity with both arms you know there will be scouts for leading European teams hence good platform.Show the West Africans that you are not only Cosafa Giants.
Pse CAF give us any team who think the’re giants.
I hope some under 17 boys will have a chance to play in the under 20 tournament as well.