The road Nairobi 2018 will kickoff in July when Zambia take to the road in a first round, first leg match away at the artificial pitch in Lobamba.
The first leg meeting is set for July 16 while the return leg will be played on July 22.
Winner will advance to the final qualifying stage in August where they will face victor between South Africa and Botswana for the ticket to the Kenya finals.
The winner of the Zambia-Swaziland match will be away in the first leg on August 12 and the home leg will follow on August 19.
This will be the second time Zambia will play Swaziland in the CHAN qualifiers after eliminating the latter 3-1 on aggregate after a 3-0 home win in the final leg for the inaugural tournament in Cote d’Ivoire.
Zambia then sailed past Botswana and Angola en route to Abidjan where they won Bronze under Herve Renard.
Chipolopolo will be seeking their third CHAN outing and second successive qualification after reaching the quarterfinals last year in Rwanda under George Lwandamina.
CHAN is the second tier Africa Cup of Nations exclusively for domestic league players.
Record CHAN winners DR Congo are the defending champions.
This should be easy for Zambia.
@Bola… Ba Zambia ba these days???
@ Bola: you are wrong on this one mate. Consider that you have to go past RSA with your local league players. RSA has almost their best players in their local league. I just don’t see how the boys Zambia can go past them.
Football has no logic. No easy games
Stop torturing us with Football news. Our national team is too pathetic
Zambia national football team should carry a health warning similar to the one on cigarettes. It should read supporting the Zambia national football team can be harmful to your health and may cause heart attack.
It’s not surprisingly that a lot of Zambians have long fingernails this year due to the absence of the Chipolopolo Africa cup of Nations. No nail biting for us this time around. Thank you ba Zambia