Sports Minister Chishimba Kambwili has welcomed CAF’s decision to award Zambia the right to host the 2017 Africa Youth Championship finals.
CAF confirmed Zambia as hosts of this under-20 championship after it’s executive committee meeting held in Cairo on Saturday.
Kambwili said the development is long overdue.
“It is expected because we are a serious administration,” he said.
“It is good news for government and the Zambian people,” Kambwili said.
He added: “When FAZ applied to host the tournament we wrote a letter to CAF telling them that government was ready to support FAZ in hosting the tournament.”
“I want to thank CAF for giving us an opportunity to host this tournament.”
This will be the first time a CAF continental championship will be staged in Zambia.
Meanwhile, Zambia’s best performance at this competition came in 1990, 1999 and 2007 when the Junior Chipolopolo reached the semifinals.
Thank you, but now start working toward success. Don’t work in isolation. Keep the nation informed of the preparations. Start now please.
Yes Tubulu, you’re so right. We should learn from the embarrassment of the recent world tourism conference in Livingstone that started when the paint was still wet on the venue’s walls and construction scaffolding was made to look like part of the decorations!
How many football tournaments are we going to host? Why don’t we concentrate on atheletes and field sports? We can’t be wasting taxpayers on FAZ and their incompetence……..
Let zambia host as many soccer tournaments as possible. Zed is a great footballing nation and all its citizens maybe except for you thinks football. Zambia can not host rugby or cricket because no Zambian will support that.
I AM SURE THAT TIME WE WILL BE READY MAY BE WITH UPND GOVT UNDER HH WITH HIS GOOD MANAGERIAL SKILLS THE TOURNMENT WILL BE A SUCCESS. BY THEN LUSAKA STADIUM WILL BE READY AND THE AIRTEL RISING STARS WOULD HAVE MATURED INTO UNDER 20. BY THE WAY WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF KEEPING BOB DENARD AT FOOTBALL HOUSE? THE MAN FAILED TO DELIVER THRICE THIS YEAR NAMELY.1 DEFEND THE CAF CHAMPIONSHIP, 2. CHAN AGAINST A DETERMINED ZIMBAMBWE 3. FAILURE TO QUALIFY ZAMBIA TO BRAZIL 2014. DOES IT MEAN AS A COUNTRY WE HAVE NOT SET HIGH STANDARDS IN WHATEVER PROJECT WE EMBARK ON. THE MAN IS IN ZAMBIA AT A HIGH COST AND ONE OF THE HIGHLY PAID EMPLOYEES IN ZAMBIA. LETS BE SERIOUS WITH OUR LIMITED RESOURCES. WE A POOR COUNTRY AND SHOULD BE MORE ECONOMICAL WE WAY WE APPLY OUR SCARCE RESOURCES. BOB DENARD IS HERE TO BUCK