A trans-Zambezi derby awaits Zambia in the 2016 CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) group stage at next January’s finals in Rwanda.
Zambia are in Gropup D alongside Mali, Uganda and trans-Zambezi neighbors Zimbabwe.
this is the two sides first ever meeting in a continental tournament after numerous meetings in the Cosafa Cup .
All three of Zambia;s opponents will mark the first time they will play them at the CHAN tournament.
The CHAN tournament which is entering its fourth edition is a second tier Africa Cup exclusively for domestic league players.
A new winner will be crowned in 2016 after defending champions Libya failed to qualify for the finals.
Zimbabwe have never failed to qualify to the CHAN finals where their best performance was a 4th place finish in 2014 after making it out of the group stage for the first time.
Mali will be making their second successive appearance after reaching the quarterfinals in 2014.
Uganda too return for a second successive time after failing to breakout of the group stage at the South Africa tournament last year while Zambia return for the first time since inaugural tournament in 2009 when they finished third.
DR Congo and Tunisia return in search of their second CHAN titles.
Group A – Rwanda, Gabon, Morocco, Cote d’Ivoire
Group B – DR Congo, Angola. Cameroon, Ethiopia
Group C – Tunisia, Nigeria Niger, Guinea
The kwacha has fully recovered, so we can afford to travel to ANGOLA for the CHAN championships, HH needs to get permission if he wants to go and watch in advance to avoid last minute confusion
They are just giving the kwacha a “MAKE UP”. Just like make up on a woman’s face. When you remove the make up, they look terrible. So is the kwacha. Wait until the make up fades.
Fyonse ni derby Have you run out of vocabulary?