{"id":37391,"date":"2021-03-26T15:18:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T13:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=37391"},"modified":"2021-03-26T13:53:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T11:53:23","slug":"china-congratulates-warriors-over-afcon-qualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/china-congratulates-warriors-over-afcon-qualification","title":{"rendered":"China Congratulates Warriors Over AFCON Qualification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>China\u2019s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, His Excellency Ambassador Guo Shaochun has congratulated the Zimbabwe senior men\u2019s football team, the Warriors for qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors beat the Zebras of Botswana in a match played at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium in Francistown on Thursday night to seal qualification with a match to spare.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe got their goal through Tanzania-based forward Perfect Chikwende who nodded in from close range after captain Knowledge Musona\u2019s free-kick was spilt by the Zebras goalkeeper, 14 minutes into the match.<\/p>\n<p>In another Group H match played in Lusaka last night, Zambia and Algeria drew 3-all.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors are on 8 points with only one match to go which means Botswana and Zambia, both on 4 points each, can no longer overtake Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on the Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe Twitter page, Guo expressed his delight over the Warriors\u2019 AFCON progress. He wrote:<\/p>\n<p>Wonderful news to begin a new day! Congratulations to the Warriors on winning the ticket to #AFCON2022 Go Team Zimbabwe!<\/p>\n<p>Wonderful news to begin a new day! Congratulations to Warriors on winning the ticket to #AFCON2022<\/p>\n<p>Go Team Zimbabwe! pic.twitter.com\/Wb0zAukSgY<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe (@ChineseZimbabwe) March 26, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s qualification becomes a third consecutive, the first time the country has managed to do so.<\/p>\n<p>And this also becomes the fifth time they have qualified for AFCON in the country\u2019s football history.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria had already qualified after the last round of group H matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. China\u2019s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, His Excellency Ambassador Guo Shaochun has congratulated the Zimbabwe senior men\u2019s football team, the Warriors for qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals. 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