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AMA-WARRIORS abekwe kuqula elilukhuni emidlalweni yokudinga indawo ku-Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) 2027 ngemva kokufakwa leDemocratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea leSierra Leone kuGroup E.
Ukubekwa kwamaqembu kwenziwe ngoLwesibili edolobheni leCairo eGibhite, lapho amaqembu angu-48 ehlukaniswe angeniswa kumaqula angu-12 alamaqembu amane ngalinye. Amaqembu amabili aphezulu eqenjini ngalinye azangena kumidlalo ye-Afcon 2027 ezadlalelwa eKenya, Tanzania le-Uganda kusukela mhlaka 10 Nhlangula kusiya ku 17 Ntulikazi 2027.
Kodwa, ngenxa yokuthi iKenya, Tanzania le-Uganda yizo ezizaphatha imidlalo le, indlela yokudinga indawo itshintshile kancane.
Kuqula elingelawo amazwe azaphatha imidlalo, amaqembu amabili aphezulu yiwo azadlulela phambili.
AmaWarriors, aqeqetshwa nguKaitano Tembo, akhangelelwe ukusebenza nzima ngoba iDR Congo leEquatorial Guinea ngamaqembu alolwazi olukhulu kumidlalo ye-Africa, kuthi iSierra Leone layo ngeke ideleleke kalula.
Abalandeli bebhola sebekhangelele ukubona ukuthi amaWarriors azazimisela njani kuloluhlelo oluqakathekileyo lokudinga indawo kuAfcon 2027.
Imidlalo yama-qualifiers izaqhubeka ngezikhathi zeFifa international breaks zikaMfumfu loLwezi.
Kwamanye amaqoqo, iMorocco ikuGroup A leGabon, Lesotho leNiger, kuthi iSouth Africa yona ibe kuGroup D leGuinea, Kenya leEritrea.
Iqembu leNigeria likuGroup L leMadagascar, Tanzania kunye leGuinea Bissau, kuthi iSenegal yona ibe kuGroup J leMozambique, Sudan leEthiopia.
Abalandeli bebhola eZimbabwe bakhangelelwe ngamehlo abomvu ukubona ukuthi amaWarriors azaziphatha njani kulumkhankaso omutsha wokudinga ukubuyela kuAfcon.
Omunye wabalandeli bamaWarriors okunhlanganiso yeFriends of the Warriors Association, uLyn Green uthe: “Kubukeka kunzima lapho abasifake khona. Kodwa eqinisweni wonke amaqula amazwe la kawatshiphanga. Kumele silungiselele.”
Ukuhlelwa kwamaqembu
Group A: Morocco, Gabon, Lesotho, Niger
Group B: Egypt, Angola, Malawi, South Sudan
Group C: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gambia, Somalia
Group D: South Africa, Guinea, Kenya, Eritrea
Group E: DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe
Group F: Burkina Faso, Benin, Mauritania, Central African Republic
Group G: Cameroon, Comoros, Namibia, Congo
Group H: Tunisia, Uganda, Libya, Botswana
Group I: Algeria, Zambia, Togo, Burundi
Group J: Senegal, Mozambique, Sudan Ethiopia
Group K: Mali, Cape Verde, Rwanda Liberia
Group L: Nigeria, Madagascar, Tanzania, Guinea Bissau
