By failing to qualify for the African Nations Championship (Chan) after losing a penalty shoot out 4-5 to Namibia on Sunday, the Warriors missed out on a chance to win at least $175 000 which is the amount which is guaranteed for every team which qualifies for the CHAN tournament. The tournamment will be played in Kenya next year aand prize money is as follows:
- $1 250 000: Winners
- $ 700 000: Runners-Up
- $ 400 000: Semi-finalists
- $ 300 000: Quarter-finalists
- $ 200 000: Finishing second from bottom in group
- $ 175 000: Finishing bottom in group
ZIFA vice-president Omega Sibanda said:
It is football, you win some, and you lose some.
If you win a COSAFA tournament everyone would be playing with hearts out to beat you. We will continue to fulfil matches on FIFA dates because with the team not playing in the World Cup qualifiers it is going to be a long inactivity for our teams until March when the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers resume.
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