{"id":5062,"date":"2024-10-16T08:22:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T08:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=5062"},"modified":"2024-10-16T08:22:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T08:22:51","slug":"zimbabwes-mighty-warriors-receive-favorable-draw-for-2024-cosafa-womens-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=5062","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe&#8217;s Mighty Warriors Receive Favorable Draw for 2024 COSAFA Women&#8217;s Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Sports Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zimbabwe women&#8217;s national football team, the Mighty Warriors, have been handed a promising draw for the 2024 COSAFA Women&#8217;s Championship, scheduled to take place at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in South Africa from October 22 to November 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the draw, Zimbabwe was paired with Lesotho and Mozambique in Group C, considered a relatively fair grouping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This draw gives us a good chance to progress to the semi-finals,&#8221; said Mighty Warriors coach Sithethelelwe &#8216;Kwinji 15&#8217; Sibanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll prepare thoroughly to face Lesotho and Mozambique.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2024 COSAFA Women&#8217;s Championship Groups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Group A: South Africa, Namibia, Eswatini, Seychelles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Group B: Malawi, Botswana, Madagascar, Mauritius<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Group C: Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Group D: Tanzania, Zambia, Angola<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Facts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>14 teams participating, making it the largest women&#8217;s regional competition in Africa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defending champions Malawi seek to retain title<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hosts South Africa aim for eighth championship win<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zimbabwe seeks second title after 2011 triumph at Rufaro Stadium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Coach Sibanda&#8217;s guidance, the Mighty Warriors will aim to repeat their 2011 success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re focused on winning the tournament,&#8221; Sibanda emphasized. &#8220;Our preparations are underway, and we&#8217;re confident in our team&#8217;s abilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top team from each group will advance to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the Mighty Warriors&#8217; journey in the 2024 COSAFA Women&#8217;s Championship:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook: @MightyWarriorsZIM<br>Twitter: @MightyWarriorsZW<br>Instagram: @MightyWarriorsZIM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC Sports News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports Reporter The Zimbabwe women&#8217;s national football team, the Mighty Warriors, have been handed a promising draw for the 2024 COSAFA Women&#8217;s Championship, scheduled to take place at the Nelson&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5064,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5062\/revisions\/5064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}