The Malawi Women’s National Football, the Scorchers will be among the 35 nations on the cast when the draw for the 2028 Los Angels Olympic Games Women’s Football qualifiers (Africa) will be conducted Wednesday afternoon.
The draw is scheduled to take place in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday.
Confederation of African Football (Caf) announced Tuesday that 35 nations including the Scorchers will know their opponents in the qualifiers.
According to Caf, the qualifiers will be played in five rounds with the overall top two teams qualifying for the Los Angeles Games.
Football Association of Malawi(Fam) Operations Director Gomezgani Zakazaka confirmed that the Scorchers will take part in the qualifiers.
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“We already registered to take part in the qualifiers.
We are looking forward to the draw,” Zakazaka said. The Scorchers return to the Olympic qualifiers after seven years of absence.
Malawi last participated in the qualifiers in 2019 and eliminated Mozambique in the first round following a 14-1 win on aggregate over the Mambas Ladies.
The Scorchers recorded an 11-1 victory in the first leg before a 3-1 win in the second leg in Maputo, Mozambique.
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But the Scorchers were eliminated from the qualifiers after 3-1 to Kenya in the second round.
Malawi’s Scorchers have never qualified for the Olympic Games.
Currently, the Scorchers are preparing for their maiden Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) finals in Morocco later this year.
The team is in Group C alongside champions Nigeria, Zambia and Egypt.
Malawi has played an unprecedented 17 matches since last year.
Two weeks ago, the team finished bottom at the Fifa Women’s Series in Nairobi,
Kenya after two losses to Australia and India.
