The Uganda U-20 Girls’s Nationwide Staff (Queen Cranes), delivered a historic efficiency on Saturday to defeat Zambia U-20 Girls’s Nationwide Staff 1–0 on the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium and guide their place within the last spherical of the 2026 FIFA U-20 Girls’s World Cup qualifiers.

Uganda superior 2–1 on mixture, having drawn 1–1 within the first leg on the FUFA Stadium, Kadiba final week.

Head Coach Sheryl Botes made one change from the primary leg, introducing Imelda Kasemire in midfield for Krusum Namutebi. The adjustment paid early dividends because the guests began brightly and surprised the hosts within the seventh minute. Mary Kantono capitalised on a well-delivered cross to attain what would show to be the decisive aim.

Zambia responded strongly after the break, urgent for an equaliser on house turf. Nevertheless, the Queen Cranes remained disciplined and compact in defence, managing the sport successfully to safe a well-known away victory.

Talking after the match, Botes praised her gamers’ character and perception, noting that they’d been warned about Zambia’s formidable house file however refused to be intimidated. She devoted the win to Ugandans and thanked Moses Magogo for his continued assist of girls’s soccer.

Uganda will now face Ghana U-20 Girls’s Nationwide Staff within the last qualifying spherical in Might, with a spot on the 2026 FIFA U-20 Girls’s World Cup at stake.