The Republic of Ireland Women’s National Team will host Zambia in an International Friendly on Thursday, June 22 at Tallaght Stadium.
The game will be the penultimate preparation game on home soil for Vera Pauw’s team and it will be a challenge against a Zambia team that finished 3rd in the African Women’s Cup of Nations, beating Nigeria 1-0 who Ireland will face in Brisbane during the World Cup.
This will be the first meeting of the two teams and the second opportunity for Vera Pauw’s squad since qualification to take on African opposition – following last November’s 4-0 win over Morocco. Zambia will also be making their World Cup Finals debut in July.
The game will be part of the first-ever WNT Season Ticket package and will come 14 days before Ireland take on France in Tallaght Stadium on July 6 in what will be their final game ahead of departing for the World Cup.
Ireland are currently in a training camp in Spain, which involved a behind-closed-doors game against Germany last Friday and an official game with China PR on Wednesday, while details of a camp in April will be revealed soon.
Broadcast and ticket details for the Zambia game will be announced in due course.
