{"id":45154,"date":"2021-08-18T14:57:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T12:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=45154"},"modified":"2021-08-18T14:18:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T12:18:06","slug":"afcon-zimbabwe-drawn-in-group-b-with-senegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/afcon-zimbabwe-drawn-in-group-b-with-senegal","title":{"rendered":"AFCON: Zimbabwe Drawn In Group B With Senegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Zimbabwe has been drawn in Group B for the delayed total Energies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals together with Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>The event was scheduled to be held last year but was postponed twice due to \u201clogistical reasons\u201d caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF)has announced that the event will now be held from January to February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe is scheduled to play Senegal on 10 January at 3 PM, Malawian on 14 January at 6 PM and Guinea on 18 January at 6 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Pindula News presents the groups as announced by the Confederation of African Football.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria are the reigning AFCON champions after beating Senegal in the 2019 final where Zimbabwe was eliminated in the group stages following a poor display.<\/p>\n<p><b>More: Pindula News<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has been drawn in Group B for the delayed total Energies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals together with Senegal. The event was scheduled to be held last year but was postponed twice due to \u201clogistical reasons\u201d caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. 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