<\/a>Africa Cup of Nations winning captain Christopher Katongo will be deployed as physical trainer.<\/p>\n\n\n\nZambia will face Sierra Leone in the second round with the first leg penciled for the weekend of October 21-23 in Freetown while the return leg will be on October 29 in Lusaka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Winner over two legs will qualify to the final round that will be played in March 2023 where Egypt or the winner between Botswana and Eswatini await.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Egypt like Zambia is on bye from the first round of qualifiers with the young pharaohs awaiting the winner between Botswana and Eswatini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations will be used as a qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zambia has never been to the Olympic Games since 1988 in Seoul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FAZ has also announced the technical bench for the under-20 national team that will headed by Chisi Mbewe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mbewe will be assisted George Chilufya, Alfred Lupiya, Albert Mphande and Emmanuel Msichili as goalkeeper coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donewell Yobe has been handed the physical trainer role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Zambia under-20 will participate in next month\u2019s Cosafa championship that is being used a qualifier for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is according to a statement made available to Diamond Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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