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Zambia Women’s team captain Barbra Banda ruled out of Cameroon AWCON match for medical reasons.

Zambia will be without their captain Barbra Banda, for their 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations opener against Cameroon on Sunday.

The star forward has been ruled out of the fixture for medical reasons according to a statement by FAZ Communications manager Sydney Mungala availed to the ZamFoot Crew.

Zambia Women’s team captain Barbra Banda ruled out of Cameroon AWCON match for medical reasons
Zambia Women’s team captain Barbra Banda ruled out of Cameroon AWCON match for medical reasons

Banda joins Ochumba Oseke Lubanji and Siomala Mapepa who will miss the opening match due to accumulation of yellow cards.

Zambia Women’s team captain Barbra Banda ruled out of Cameroon AWCON match for medical reasons

Below is the statement from the Zambian Football association on their Official Facebook page.
“The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released final squad lists for the Morocco 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations ahead of the tournament that kicks off tomorrow (Saturday).

FAZ wishes to provide a squad update for the Copper Queens that open their account on Sunday in a Group B match against the indomitable lionesses of Cameroon.

Zambia will be without Ochumba Oseke and Siomala Mapepa for the opening match due to suspension while skipper Barbra Banda will be unavailable for medical reasons.

Oseke and Mapepa will miss out due to accumulated cards during the qualification process.”

“Outside the three players, everything else is fine with the team looking forward to the opening match against Cameroon on Sunday. We urge the public to fully support the team as it lifts our national flag high.”

It’s still unclear if she will only miss out on the opening match against Cameroon or on the rest of the tournament.

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Barbra Banda caught Global attention when she scored back to back hat tricks at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, scoring all three goals in Zambia’s 10-3 loss to Netherlands following up with a hattrick in their 4-4 draw with Chile becoming the first player to ever score back to back hat tricks in Olympic Games history.

The 22 year old current plays in the Chinese league for Shanghai Shengli. She finished top score in the Chinese women’s league in 2020 scoring 18 goals in 13 games, 9 clear off her closest rival.

Zambia are drawn in thesame group with Cameroon, Tunisia and tournament debutants Togo.
This years tournament which kick offs today will be the first ever edition with 12 teams.

Hosts Morocco will face Burkina Faso today in the opening match. Cameroon will play their opening match against Zambia at the Mohammed V stadium tomorrow at 6:00pm.

The four semi finalists from the tournament will automatically qualify for the FIFA Women’s World Cup next year in Australia and New Zealand.

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