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FIFA confirms Women’s Club World Cup and Women’s Champions Cup 

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The World Football Governing body, FIFA on Wednesday announced that the first edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup will take place in 2028. 
FIFA also announced the creation of a new six-team Women’s Champions Cupset to start  next year, featuring clubs from across the world. The competition was approved at a Fifa Council on Wednesday. 
Meanwhile the 16-team Women’s Club World Cup competition will be played every four years from 2028.
“Following constructive discussions with the confederations and key stakeholders, the FIFA Council decided that the first edition of the quadrennial FIFA Women’s Club World Cup will take place in 2028 and will feature a competitive and inclusive format with 19 of the world’s top clubs involved,” Reads a statement from FIFA accessed by the ZamFoot Crew. 
Six clubs will participate in the play-in phase, with the three winners joining 13 other clubs in the next stage, which will consist of four groups of four, with the top two from each group advancing to the knockout stage. 
The slot allocation for the inaugural edition will be as follows:
“The FIFA Council also approved the creation of the FIFA Women’s Champions Cup™ from 2026 onwards, where the six winners of the confederation club competitions will contest this new global title in the years in which the FIFA Women’s Club World Cup does not take place.”
The preliminary stage of the Champions Cup will consist of the AFC champions first hosting the OFC champions in round 1 with the winner visiting the CAF champions in round 2. The winners of round 2 will progress to the semi-finals to face the UEFA champions, while the Concacaf champions will play the CONMEBOL champions. 
The Final Four, comprising the semi-finals, the third-place play-off and the final, will take place on the following dates:
Zambian teams will have to do well at the CAF Women’s Champions League tournament to boost their chances of playing in the competition though CAF is yet to confirm the criteria. 
Green Buffaloes Women’s Football Club qualified to the 2022 CAF Women’s Champions League after winning the COSAFA Women’s Champions qualifier but they were eliminated in the group stage. 




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ABSA Cup semis back at Levy 

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The Absa Bank Zambia sponsored 2025 ABSA Cup semi-finals will take place at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium after being moved to Kabwe earlier in the day. 
In a joint media statement from ABSA Bank Zambia and the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) the two major stakeholders confirmed the development. 
The semi finals were initially scheduled for 26 April at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, but were this morning moved to Railway Stadium, Kabwe citing security concerns following the Kitwe derby chaos
“This change follows incidents during a recent ZPL fixture and aims to ensure safety for all.” A joint statement from FAZ and ABSA read in the morning. 
That has now changed with the matches being taken back to Levy Mwanawasa Stadium after a thorough review of logistics, security and stakeholders engagements. 
Tickets for the semifinals are set to go on sale tomorrow via Computicket in Shoprite stores.
Defending Champions, Red Arrows will square off against Power Dynamos in the early kick off before 2019 winners Nkana take on record six time winners ZESCO United. 
The winners of this year’s edition will walk away with the K1,000,000 winners’ prize money.
Runners-up will receive K400,000 and there is also a travel subsidy of K50,000 to all teams. 
ABSA Cup Quarter Finals Fixtures
Saturday, April 26th, 2025
12h30 Red Arrows vs Power Dynamos | Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola 
15h00 ZESCO United Vs Nkana | Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola.
Prize Money : Breakdown
🏆 Winning Team – K1,000,000
🥈 Runners-up – K400,000
⭐ Player of the Tournament – K25,000
⚽ Golden Boot (Top Scorer) – K25,000
🧤 Golden Glove (Best Goalkeeper) – K25,000
💰 QF, Semi-Final, Final Man of the Match – K15,000
Travel Subsidy – K30,000 – K50,000 (depending on distance)




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Songa wins promotion in Israel 

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Chipolopolo winger Chipyoka Songa on Monday won promotion to the Israeli topflight with Hapoel Petah Tikva. 
Petah Tikva secured promotion to the Israeli Premier League after a 1-0 win against Bnei Yehuda which took them to 78 points. 
The 1-0 win was Petah Tikva’s sixth consecutive league victory and gave the signal for celebrations.
Petah Tikva returned to the topflight just one year after being relegated from the Premier League.  
Chipyoka has registered seven goals and eight assists in 34 games across all club competitions this season.
Songa joined the then Israeli second tier side in July 2024 penning a one year loan deal from nine time Zambia Super League side ZESCO United with an option to buy at the end of the season. 
Songa spent last season on loan at Nes Ziona where he had a fairly good season scoring 9 goals and provided four assists.




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Faith Kaunda ecstatic after Copper Princesses debut 

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Youngster Faith Kaunda finally made her Copper Princesses debut on Saturday in the team’s 2-1 win over Benin in the third and final round of the 2025 U17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers, first leg. 
Kaunda came off the bench to play in an unfamiliar left back position and impressed despite it being her first game. 
Kaunda was left ecstatic after a dream debut and revealed that coach Carol Kanyemba gave her confidence that she can do it despite it being her first game in national colours. 
The 13 year old ZedPro Sports Foundation forward was happy to be involved in the second goal scored by Mercy Chipasula.
“I am very happy to have made my debut. The coach encouraged me to play, she said she knew it was my first time but she was confident that I could play,” Kaunda told the ZamFoot Crew. 
“I am happy that the pass I gave ended up with us winning a foul and us scoring the second goal. For the second leg, we need to have love as a team so that we can win the second half because this was the first leg.”
“To the fans I want to say thank you for coming to watch us,”She added. 
Meanwhile skipper Mercy Chipasula described the match against Benin as a tough encounter. 
Chipasula says the team needs to work hard in the second leg to win the game and not concede a goal. 
“The game was not easy, it was very difficult, the way we watched them and how they played was very different. We need to work hard in the second leg like the way we did here after conceding we pulled up our socks. We need to win in Togo and avoid conceding so we need to work hard as a team,” he said. 
“I am happy to have scored. As a captain I have to lead by example. I kept pushing my teammates so that we kept pushing until the end of the match.”
The second leg will be staged at a neutral venue in Lome on Saturday, 26 April 2025, following a decision to host Benin’s home fixture in Togo. 
The overall winner over two legs will qualify for the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Morocco 2025 to be held in October. 




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