Zimbabwe will host South Africa next month for their penultimate Group C 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier.
This is according to South African newspaper City Press (via soccer24.co.zw)
The Warriors, forced to play their “home” matches outside the country due to the lack of CAF-approved stadiums in Zimbabwe, have previously hosted most of their home games in South Africa.
For this Group C clash, however, they will shift their base to Botswana.
The change of venue aims to avoid controversy over granting South Africa a “home advantage” while playing away from home.
Bafana Bafana are eyeing a win to strengthen their World Cup qualification hopes.
Meanwhile, Zimbabwe, already eliminated from the competition, will treat the match as part of their preparations for the 2025 AFCON finals in Morocco in December.
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Further details, including the specific stadium in Botswana that will host the encounter, are yet to be confirmed by the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA).
Aside from Zimbabwe Lesotho is another team that play their home matches in South Africa.
They will host Nigeria’s Super Eagles in South Africa in next month’s qualifiers.
3 Comments
Medicine after death.
Glasshouse missed it from the beginning.
After 8 games?
If they wanna sell the match out, they can.
Let it appear “fair”.
Anyway, it’s eagles I blame.
Playing 5 draws out of 8 matches is incomprehensible.
Na una sabi
Its all because we have a planless NFF.
From the day the draw was made, I pointed out all the advantages South Africa will get and how we have to be wary of Rohr’s Benin Republic. I also put out a simple financial analysis on how the NFF should invest in getting a solid coach early enough, as the only the financial rewards of qualifying for the World Cup would offset whatever costs they incur in that regard.
That then was just the manager and administrator in me thinking. But when incompetence is a culture, useless people who do not think make it to top administrative and decision making positions. The NFF acted on none of those key factors that have come to haunt our WC hopes aggressively. I pray they all get booted out at the next elections
I’ve been saying it on since the draw that Rohr will qualify from our group…on twitter, YouTube and here as well. Eguavoen is the one doing mafia with our football. From chasing Rohr prematurely thinking they’ll just win the one fixture and share World Cup money to offering Peseiro abt 30% cut after 2nd place finish in Afcon to sharing money and waiting until last minute before appointing a coach. Eguavoen and his 94 colleagues are at the center!
Rohr wasn’t wonderful when he was qualifying is up and down. He just did the basic stuff well. Played the best players in their natural positions and so on.