{"id":50253,"date":"2026-02-18T11:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50253"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:10:09","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzifa-confirms-friendlies-for-warriors-scheduled-for-march-international-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/18\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzifa-confirms-friendlies-for-warriors-scheduled-for-march-international-break\/","title":{"rendered":"ZIFA confirms friendlies for Warriors scheduled for March international break"},"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-139918\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"393\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ZIFA-confirms-friendlies-for-Warriors-scheduled-for-March-international-break.jpg?resize=393%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\/WARRIORS-AFCON-.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WARRIORS-AFCON-.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WARRIORS-AFCON-.jpg?resize=1024%2C687&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WARRIORS-AFCON-.jpg?resize=768%2C516&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WARRIORS-AFCON-.jpg?resize=393%2C264&amp;ssl=1 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\"\/>&#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\/02\/ZIFA-confirms-friendlies-for-Warriors-scheduled-for-March-international-break.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banner2image\" class=\"soccer24-banner-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The Zimbabwe Football Association has confirmed that the Zimbabwe senior men\u2019s team will compete in an invitational four-nations tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will include fellow COSAFA sides Malawi, Botswana and Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>It will be played during the first international window of the year, from 23\u201331 March. The competition will be hosted by Botswana at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium in Francistown.<\/p>\n<p>ZIFA said in a statement: \u201cThe Football Associations of Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi and Zambia are pleased to confirm the participation of their respective Senior Men\u2019s National Teams in the Botswana 4 Nations Tournament, scheduled for 23 to 31 March 2026 at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium in Francistown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will act as a platform for Warriors coach Marian Marinica to further assess his squad ahead of the start of the 2027 AFCON qualifiers later this year.<\/p>\n<p>It will also be the first time the Warriors will be in action since exiting the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on 30 December at the group stage.<\/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 botswana, malawi, Warriors, Zambia, ZIFA<\/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#ZIFA #confirms #friendlies #Warriors #scheduled #March #international #break<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; The Zimbabwe Football Association has confirmed that the Zimbabwe senior men\u2019s team will compete in an&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[445,834,4449,1776,6033,9699,265,284],"class_list":["post-50253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-break","tag-confirms","tag-friendlies","tag-international","tag-march","tag-scheduled","tag-warriors","tag-zifa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50253","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=50253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50254,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50253\/revisions\/50254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}