s and hosts South Africa in their opening match before playing a goalless affair with little fancied Botswana on Monday afternoon.
The results are not surprising as their preparations were marred by allegations of age cheating, which resulted in three Premier Soccer League players being ejected from camp on suspicion that they were over age.
To make matters worse, the Young Warriors captain Onismo Bhasera, who now turns out for South African Premiership side Maritzburg Classic, was not released by his club although the tournament is taking part in the same city in which his club is based.
Only group winners qualify for the quarter-finals. Zimbabwe are in the same group as Amajita of South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique. They were scheduled to play Mozambique yesterday.