{"id":50590,"date":"2026-02-23T00:05:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50590"},"modified":"2026-02-23T00:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:05:46","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpreview-cosafa-womens-championship-zimbabwe-vs-zambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/23\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpreview-cosafa-womens-championship-zimbabwe-vs-zambia\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: COSAFA Women\u2019s Championship \u2013 Zimbabwe vs Zambia"},"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>\n<p>The Zimbabwe national women\u2019s team is looking to consolidate their chances of reaching the COSAFA Women\u2019s Championship semi-finals when they face defending champions Zambia this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Mighty Warriors are currently sitting in second place after opening their campaign with a 2-0 victory over Eswatini on Thursday. Zambia, who are also on three points, lead the group on superior goal difference after beating Botswana 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>The Group B encounter will be played at Seshego Stadium in Polokwane at 3pm CAT. The match will be streamed live on FIFA+ and COSAFA\u2019s YouTube channel, allowing fans across the region to follow the action.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the match, Zimbabwe head coach Sithethelewe Sibanda acknowledged Zambia\u2019s pedigree as defending champions but insisted her side will not be intimidated.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a tough game. They are the defending champions and have been active, but they are not going to get it easy; we will definitely give them competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zambia assistant coach Charles Haalubono is also cautious ahead of the clash, saying: \u201cWe are facing a very tough opponent, Zimbabwe. We know them well as they know us as well so we are having a plan on them. Having played them several times, we know how they move and how they stand; so, we are going to consolidate our tactical plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The winner of today\u2019s encounter will move to six points, open a crucial three-point gap, and take a major step towards securing a semi-final berth.<\/p>\n<p>The top teams in all three groups will advance to the semi-finals, along with the best runner-up. Because there are three teams in Group C, results against the bottom-placed sides in Groups A and B will be disregarded for the purposes of that calculation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Match Details:<\/strong><br \/>Fixture: Zimbabwe vs Zambia<br \/>Competition: 2026 COSAFA Women\u2019s Championship, Group B Matchday 2<br \/>Venue: Seshego Stadium, Polokwane<br \/>Kick-off: 15:00 (CAT)<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/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#Preview #COSAFA #Womens #Championship #Zimbabwe #Zambia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwe national women\u2019s team is looking to consolidate their chances of reaching the COSAFA Women\u2019s Championship semi-finals when they&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[117,1675,199,4289,2096,113],"class_list":["post-50590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-championship","tag-cosafa","tag-preview","tag-womens","tag-zambia","tag-zimbabwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50590","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=50590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50591,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50590\/revisions\/50591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}