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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Zambia U23 will be spending Christmas at home after their international friendly date away against Kuwait was postponed. Osward Mutapa\u2019s home-based player\u2019s team was due to travel to The Gulf to play Kuwait U23 on December 25.<\/p>\n

Zambia had been in camp for the last fortnight in Lusaka to prepare for their first international friendly since the team was constituted in September.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe planned friendly between the local assemblage of Zambia and Kuwait has been postponed,\u201d FAZ said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cFAZ General Secretary Adrian Kashala says the Kuwait FA had informed their Zambia counterparts that the match would not take place on Sunday as scheduled due to unforeseen circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zambia was scheduled to use the friendly as early preparations for their Morocco 2023 U23 AFCON final-round qualifier against defending champions Egypt this coming March.<\/p>\n

The U23 AFCON is the Africa zone\u2019s qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games. The top three finishers at the U23 AFCON automatically qualify for the Olympics while the fourth-placed side goes through a playoff against an Asian opponent.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. Zambia U23 will be spending Christmas at home after their international friendly date away against Kuwait was postponed. Osward Mutapa\u2019s home-based player\u2019s team was due to travel to The Gulf to play Kuwait U23 on December 25. 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