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Zambia, Cameroon through to semifinals

Zambia and Cameroon sealed their places in the 2018 COSAFA Women's Championship semifinals with comfortable Group B victories in Nelson Mandela Bay on Tuesday.

The pair will face-off on the knockout stages for the second time in the competition as Zambia qualify as the top team in their pool, while guest nation Cameroon advance as the best-placed runner-up.

Cameroon crushed Lesotho 6-0 in their final pool match to take their goal-tally in three group stage matches to 14, showing their quality and highlighting their status as the third-ranked team on the African continent.

Madeleine Ngono Mani scored a brace to go with strikes from Eliane Bodolo, Edith Ngo Mbeleck, Claudy Ychadeu and Catherine Mbengono as Cameroon proved far too strong for their opponents.

It was still not their biggest win of the tournament though, having beaten Mozambique 8-1 in their pool opener.

Zambia found the going a little heavier against Mozambique, but won 3-0 as Rachel Nachula, Mary Mwakapila and skipper Barbra Banda netted for the She-Polopolo.

Mozambique finished the game with 10 players after a straight red card for Cecilia Mufume.

Zambia finish with a full haul of nine points and have yet to concede a goal in the competition, the only team to have kept three clean-sheets.

Wednesday will be a rest day and the semifinals will take on Thursday, with both matches to be staged at the Wolfson Stadium.

The first will see Zambia clash with Cameroon at 13h00, and will be a repeat of the second Group B game for both sides.

South Africa will face Uganda in the second semifinal at 15h30 and will be in confident mood after they defeated Malawi 6-0 in their final pool game on Monday.