Zambia, Zimbabwe: The hockey national team has winded up their Road to Paris 2024 Olympic qualifiers games with a 2-0 win against neighbouring country Zimbabwe.
Joseph Simpanzye, 22′ (p), and Philemon Bwali, 24′ were the scorers for Zambia to make them end their games with smiles.
Philimon Bwali was voted man of the match and said the journey has been amazing, adding that it was not easy to compete with top African teams at these games.
He says despite not qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and the focus will be to go back home and prepare for the African games.
Meanwhile, Elvis Bwalya, coach for the men’s team, says the boys played well. He adds the win will motivate the boys to perform better next time and have something to talk about when home.
Bwalya indicated that the weather somehow contributed to the team not performing well. Meanwhile, earlier in the day, the women’s team, in their last game, lost to Namibia 3-0.
Floyd Chomba, women’s hockey national team coach, thanked everyone who has supported the teams from the word go. He has paid gratitude to the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Arts, the National Olympic Committee of Zambia, Cavendish University, OYDC Zambia, Ambi and the National Sports Council of Zambia.
The men have come out number seven out of eight teams, while the women have come out number six out of seven teams.
2024 HOCKEY PARIS OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS
It’s done for team Zambia. The men have come out number seven out of eight teams, while the women have come out number six out of seven teams.
FULL-TIME
- Zambia (Men) 2-0 Zimbabwe (Men)
- Joseph Simpanzye 22’(P), Philimon Bwali 24’
- Zambia (Women) 0-3 Namibia (Women)
Zambia 2-0 Zimbabwe