{"id":21314,"date":"2025-12-18T12:33:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/zimbabwe-warriors-arrive-in-morocco-for-afcon-match\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:32:25","slug":"zimbabwe-warriors-arrive-in-morocco-for-afcon-match","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zimbabwe-warriors-arrive-in-morocco-for-afcon-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Warriors arrive in Morocco for AFCON match"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Zimbabwe Warriors have arrived in Casablanca, Morocco, for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament which kicks off on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Warriors have been drawn in Group B with\u00a0Bafana\u00a0Bafana, Egypt and Angola.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The two neighbours clash in their last group match of the tournament on December 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Their last encounter was two months ago, in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign at the Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban, where the match ended in a one-all-draw.<\/p>\n<p>The squad departed Harare on Tuesday evening, making a scheduled stopover in Qatar before continuing to Casablanca, in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where they&#8217;ll complete their preparations ahead of their Group B opener against Egypt on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors who have qualified for the AFCON tournament on six occasions, will have a difficult task against\u00a0the\u00a0Pharaohs who are seven-time champions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21315,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-21314","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Zimbabwe Warriors have arrived in Casablanca, Morocco","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25032,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21314\/revisions\/25032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=21314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}