Zimbabwe’s senior women’s football team, the Mighty Warriors, has been drawn in Group B of the 2021 COSAFA Women’s Championship alongside Botswana, Tanzania and South Sudan.
For the fourth year in a row, the women’s senior tournament will take place in Nelson Mandela Bay in South Africa from 15-26 September.
Banyana Banyana (South Africa), have won the last four championships and seven out of eight in all, with only Zimbabwe breaking their run-on home soil in 2011.
At last year’s COSAFA Women’s Championship, Zimbabwe returned home without a win after they lost to Tanzania and Botswana in the group stage to finish bottom of the pool with zero points.
The full group-stage draw is as follows:
Group A: South Africa, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique
Group B: Botswana, Tanzania, South Sudan, Zimbabwe
Group C: Zambia, Namibia, Eswatini, Uganda
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