Following the withdrawal of the Mozambique National Team from the 2024 (to be played in 2025) African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers, the Zambia National Team have been granted automatic qualification to the tournament.
FAZ general Secretary Reuben Kamanga says the Confederation of African Football (CAF) had written to FAZ notifying them of their qualification.
“Following the withdrawal of Mozambique from the CHAN 2024 qualifiers, please be informed that Zambia has qualified directly for the final tournament of CHAN 2024,” said Kamanga quoting correspondence from CAF.
“While we would have loved to qualify by playing the two matches, we are still happy that our team will join many others that have qualified for CAF tournaments next year.”
Kamanga said the team will now focus on preparations for the tournament which will be played next year in February.
“For now, we will encourage the technical bench to work a program for preparations so that we can be ready by the time we head to East Africa. Inevitably, the team will play a few friendly matches as part of preparations for the CHAN,” he said.
The 2025 CHAN will be hosted by Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.
