Iqembu lamajaha aleminyaka engaphansi kwamatshumi amabili elimela ilizwe emdlalweni wenguqu, elama Young Warriors, liselizweni le Zambia ukuyaphatheka kumncintiswano we COSAFA Undeer-20 Youth Championships wona oqale ngoLwesithathu edolobheni le Kitwe.
Iqembu le Zimbabwe eliqeqetshwa nguBekithemba Ndlovu, umsekeli wakhe enguMark Mathe, likusibaya sika Group C ndawonye lamazwe abalisa ele Angola, iLesotho kanye lele Namibia.
Umsekeli kamongameli wenhlanganiso ye Zifa, uOmega Sibanda, uthi amalungiselelo aleliqembu ahambe kuhle kakhulu njalo bakhangelele ukuba liqhube kuhle kulumncintiswano.
“Ama Young Warriors asefikile eKitwe njalo namhla bafike bazilolonga. Umqeqetshi wabo uke wangifonela esithi konke kulungile. Thina sikhangelele ukufika kufinal ngoba iqembu lethu liqine kakhulu njalo lamalungiselelo ahambe kuhle kakhulu ngitsho labaqeqetshi basuthisekile ngawo.”
Iqembu le Zimbabwe lilabadlali abambalwa abakade bedlala kusizini esanda kuphela kusigaba saphezulu ese Premier Soccer League abagoqela uBukhosi Ncube oweqembu le Highlanders, uLeeroy Mavunga oweqembu le Yadah, uShadrack Panashe Nyahwa oweqembu le Bantu Rovers, uClive Rupiya oweqembu le Bulawayo City, uKing Nasama oweqembu le Dynamos kanye lo Delic Murimba oweqembu le Hwange.
Abafana beZimbabwe bazadlala umdlalo wabo wakuqala kusasa ngoLwesine lapho abazadibana khona leqembu le Lesotho kuthi komunye umdlalo wesibaya sika Group C iqembu le Namibia lizadlala lele Angola.
Imidlalo yona iqale namhla kodwa njalo emdlalweni wakuqala owesibaya sika Group A iqembu le Malawi linqone ele Swaziland nge 3 ka 2 kuthi kowesibili owesibaya sika Group B iqembu le Egypt linqobe ele Mozambique nge 1 ka nya.
Amanye amaqembu akusibaya sika Group A ngagoqela ele Zambia kanye lele Uganda kuthi amanye akusibaya sika Group B ngabalisa ele South Africa lele Mauritius.