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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>FC Platinum and Bulawayo Chiefs were excluded from the 2023\/24 CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup competitions, respectively, despite the lifting of the FIFA suspension this month.<\/p>\n

This was confirmed by CAF ahead of Tuesday\u2019s draw in Cairo, Egypt.<\/p>\n

FC Platinum are Castle Lager Premiership champions while Bulawayo Chiefs are the Chibuku Super Cup winners.<\/p>\n

Chairman of the recently-appointed ZIFA normalisation committee, Lincoln Mutasa said Zimbabwe will only be able to send teams to the CAF inter-club competitions next year.<\/p>\n

Mutasa said that when the clubs were slotted in, Zimbabwe was still under FIFA suspension. He said:<\/p>\n

The teams were entered when we were under suspension. We will only be able to send teams to the inter-club competitions next year.<\/p>\n

However, the Warriors have been included in the FIFA 2026 World Cup African Zone qualifiers.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe was drawn against South Africa\u2019s Bafana Bafana, the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Rwanda, Lesotho and Benin.<\/p>\n

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

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