Zimbabwe drawn in Group B of COSAFA Castle Cup

The Warriors are set to play Mozambique, Madagascar and Seychelles in Group B of the COSAFA Castle Cup with the group winner set to meet Swaziland in the quarterfinals.

The annual tournament organised by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) will be held in South Africa’s North West province from June 25-July 9. Defending champions South Africa will play against the winner of Group A which consists of Angola, east African guest nation Tanzania, Mauritius and Malawi. Tanzania are competing for the third time after 1997 and 2015, with Comoros Islands having declined to take part this year.

Botswana take on Zambia in the other quarterfinal while 2015 winners Namibia play Lesotho. The COSAFA Castle Cup was first played in 1997 and has been won four times each by South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Angola have three titles to their name and Namibia one.