{"id":48224,"date":"2026-01-23T21:50:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=48224"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:50:49","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncaf-confirms-warriors-fixture-calendar-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/23\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncaf-confirms-warriors-fixture-calendar-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF confirms Warriors&#8217; fixture calendar for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-139657\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"407\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CAF-confirms-Warriors-fixture-calendar-for-2026.jpeg?resize=407%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?resize=1024%2C664&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?resize=768%2C498&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?resize=1536%2C995&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?resize=407%2C264&amp;ssl=1 407w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<div class=\"soccer24-advanced-banner soccer24-banner-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769205048_317_CAF-confirms-Warriors-fixture-calendar-for-2026.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banner2image\" class=\"soccer24-banner-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed the Warriors\u2019 fixture calendar for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Zimbabwe national team will return to action for the first time this year during the March international break. The window will be headlined by the 2027 AFCON preliminary qualifiers, but Zimbabwe will not participate in these preliminary round matches.<\/p>\n<p>After receiving a bye, there will be an opportunity for some friendly matches.<\/p>\n<p>With the 2026 FIFA World Cup starting in June, the Warriors will only return to competitive action during the September international break, when the 2027 AFCON qualifiers resume at the group stage.<\/p>\n<p>The qualifiers will continue until the November international break.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the dates for this year\u2019s 2026 COSAFA Cup are yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged caf, Warriors<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#CAF #confirms #Warriors #fixture #calendar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed the Warriors\u2019 fixture calendar for 2026. The Zimbabwe&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[922,6451,834,2833,265],"class_list":["post-48224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-caf","tag-calendar","tag-confirms","tag-fixture","tag-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48225,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48224\/revisions\/48225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}