Zambia is in Group A together with hosts Equatorial Guinea and ex-Group C foes Libya.
They will face Senegal in the second game of the tournament in a 23:00hours kickoff.
Zambia will follow this up on January 25 with grudge match against Libya in Bata in an 18:00hours kickoff.
They will wrap-up their Group A campaign on January 29 when they fly off to Isla de Bioko where they will play their first-ever meeting against Equatorial Guinea in the Capital Malabo in a 20:00hours kickoff.
Winner and runner-up from Group A will face runner up and winner from Group B in Bata and Malabo respectively in the quarterfinals on February 4.
Group B comprises Cote d’Ivoire, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Angola.
The semifinal finals will be played on February 8 in Bata and Libreville, Gabon while Malabo will host the third place playoff match on February 11.
The final will be played in Libreville on February 12.
#1 for Zambia!
Ok this is the afcon zambia should win
Zambia still has 94% off being the favourites
@1 Â with this re employed coach I doubt if we shall survive in this group
Why Zambia playing in a place called ” Malabo “. R we rubbish !!!
Its the name of the city my dear. One name may mean differnt things to different people, and Malabo is one such name… It sounds laughable to most Zambians coz it means Rubbish
But nganililya twalifye ati ba ZAMBIA akakena ngatwasenda ukwabula ukutwishika. ninshi ngatefyo yalifye amatimu mu 1994. nomba apa twafika iyeeeee, napashilingile kufilwa naba DANNIES LIWEWE ba kafwefye ukwabula ukusendapo. awe wineniko iyiiiiiii! ZAMBIA gooooooooooooo!
Pipo shud
desist from being too negative about chipolopolo.why cant we positve and get what we want.zambia is wining this one.it is not renard harve who wil play but our galaxi of players.with mbesuma in form we are safe
Our group is very manageable… We can go all the way this time.
Zambia can go all the way this ACON is very open like the 1994 ACON where we let it slip way in the final we dominated
Wish our national team well. By the way, can’t we rename the team as KK 11? Just a thought.
As the good#10 considerate has so wisely counseled , perhaps tis wise that we re-christen our mighty gladiators kk11 yet again. Perchance the house of Sata shall see much coin and glory shall be restored to the camp of kalusha. If the good Herve is an able doctore of footballers, now would be a good chance to snatch victory as the games are wide open. Maybe, just maybe, finally the gods may remove c%#k from f#%king ass and grant zambia much needed victory and see us named champion at the games.
Lets support our team “CHIPOLOPOLO’ nd we can make it this team
tricky group 4 zed,bonetti wudnt hav managed! bt hey this z an afcon we must win.
Very tough group, our boys will have to prove their mettle and resolve
Its a tough group. Senegal are no longer our whipping boys, the home team will be tough to beat and we failed to beat Libya in qualifying Prepare well
Zambai has never had such a good opportunity to win the AFCON, but we should be very hard and tactical against. These guys missed the last two editions and have come back woulded…
SORRY, HOW CAN I MISPELL ZAMBIA ?
This is an opportunity for Zambia to win the Afcon.\:d/
Only new sensational players who can win that AFCON, use the exciting players like; Sate Sate, Tozizi, Bruce Musakanya, Simon Silwimba, Kennedy Mudenda, Jimmy Chisenga, Chisamba Lungu: Then mix with Kalaba, Clifford Mulenga, Justine Zulu, (pit Mbola is burned).
And are there no exciting goalkeepers on the local scene? Jacob Banda is boring.
tricky but safe passage to the finals if we can avoid drogba and his mates in the quarters by winning group A . am sure our group is packed with potential dark horses of the tournment. poor bafana bafana…never dance b4 u know…anyway at least they have another woody spoon in the mouth for the 2013 africa cup just like the world cup in 2010..no kicking the ball…good 4 the self proclaimed heavyweights of africa.
easy group
Libya & Senegal are the hard part of our group, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do it. We have a good & strong team, all that is remaining is psychological preparedness. Go ZAMBIA, i love my national team.
Ukuwina tukawina.
If they come out second in their group in the first round the obviously they will face Ivory coast. They should try to win the group