The Zambia Under 23 squad has arrived safely in Dakar, Senegal ahead of the 2015 CAF Championship that starts this Saturday.
According to FAZ, the Fighton Simukonda coached team touched down at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport on Tuesday morning at 03:15 hours Zambian time and was met by CAF officials.
The team is accommodated at Hotel Almadies in Dakar situated on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.
All the players that Simukonda has summoned have arrived in Senegal except Lubambo Musonda and Ronald Kampamba who are expected to join the squad in Dakar on Thursday.
The Zambia Under 23 are in Senegal for the CAF U23 Championships which will kick off this Saturday.
Zambia face Tunisia on match-day-one.
The team will then play South Africa on December 1 before concluding their group phase assignment against hosts Senegal on December 4.
Meanwhile, the top three teams at this tournament will represent Africa at the Brazil 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
Ba Lipota give us the true and full story. At the Olympics Africa has more than three places. Why are the top three the only ones going to Rio?
It’s 3 spots plus a playoff spot between the fourth African team and an Asian fourth placed.
So it could go either way but I want to believe that an African side will clinch this spot to make us hv 4 representatives.