Despite pressing for a comeback, the Scorchers were unable to find the net, and Zambia held on to win the match 2-0, advancing to the final of the 2024 Cosafa Hollywoodbets Women’s Championship.

The Scorchers now await the outcomes from the other groups to learn their semi-final opponents, as only the top team from each group advances.

The Malawi National Council of Sports extends its best wishes to the Queens as they take on South Africa, hoping for an impressive performance in the Spar Protea Test Series.

The Malawi Beach Soccer team is scheduled to depart Egypt today, with their arrival back home expected tomorrow.

The Malawi women’s national football team, the Scorchers, who go into the tournament as defending champions, departed for South Africa earlier today.

The Queens have been in camp for over three weeks in Lilongwe, gearing up for the much-anticipated series

The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals, and the finalists will secure spots at Africa’s first-ever FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which is scheduled to take place in Seychelles in 2025.

In Kasungu, the event will take place at Kasungu Stadium, while in Mzuzu, the event will be at Katoto Ground, and on 25 October 2024 the event will be at Balaka Stadium. All events will start at 9:00 am.

Malawi will be aiming to improve on their performance from the previous edition, where they finished seventh in Mozambique.

The match comes just four days after the Lions of Teranga handed the Flames a 4-0 defeat in Dakar, Senegal.