The much anticipated match between the Under 23 China  and Zambia women’s team took place at 10:00 am on Saturday  24 July 2021 at Rifu’s Miyagi Stadium.

In the first 45 minutes both teams looked strong, China’s Wang Shuang managed to break the deadlock in the first 6 minutes of the game and gave China the lead, Kundajani netted the equalizing goal for the Copper Queens in the 15^th minute China went into the half-time leading 3-2.

In the 2^nd half Barbra managed to equalize for the Copper Queens in the 47^th minute making the score line 3-3, both teams were awarded a penalty each with Banda giving the Zambian team the lead in the 69^th minute through a penalty the 21 year old Banda has now tallied six goals in two games after scoring a hattrick against Netherlands  2 days ago and today. The Copper Queens later conceded a penalty after VAR confirmed that Lushumo Mweemba handled the ball and Shuang equalized for China in the 84^th minute.

China later had to face Zambia with 10 players after Li Qington was red carded in the 86^th minute. The match ended with a 4-4 draw with each team earning a point, China remains in 3^rd position and Zambia also remains position 4 in Group F standings.