Warriors handed tough 2019 Afcon draw

ZIMBABWE’s quest to make a quick return to the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals looks hard after the Warriors were on Thursday night handed what appears a tough qualification draw for the 2019 tournament to be played in Cameroon.

Kalisto Pasuwa’s men were thrown into Group G, together with the continent’s sixth-ranked side Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Congo Brazzaville, ranked 17th, and Liberia on 28th, in a qualifying draw conducted in Libreville, Gabon.

Zimbabwe are the lowest-ranked team in the group, at number 31 in Africa, according to statistics released by Fifa on Thursday.

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