(FAZ) Zambia will face Sierra Leone in the second round of the 2023 TotalEnergies Morocco U-23 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers.
The junior Chipolopolo are exempted from playing the first round and will only begin the 2023 U-23 AFCON journey with an away second-round fixture against the Leone Stars on the weekend of 21-23 October before hosting the Stars a week later.
Winner over the fixture will face the overall winners of the second-round tie. It could be either Egypt or the winners of the first-round match between Eswatini and Botswana who face-off in the first round.
The fixture was confirmed at the draws for the qualifiers held at CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt Thursday afternoon.
The U-23 AFCON tournament will be played in Morocco in June 2023.
Zambia featured at the 2019 edition of the U23 AFCON in Egypt and fell out at the first round.