03/06/2026
๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ก๐ข๐ช ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ฆ
๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ : The 2026 faz national league playoffs will played in Lusaka from Monday June 22 to Friday June 26, 2026, the venues are not yet confirmed.
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐: Ten provincial champions will be divided into two groups of five teams in each group. Teams taking part in this years playoffs are:
๐Central Province โ Forest Myooye
๐Copperbelt Province โ Zambezi Portland
๐Eastern Province โ Mikalile FC
๐ Lusaka Province โ Nampundwe
๐Luapula Province โ Mathkat United
๐Muchinga Province โ Real Nakonde
๐Northern Province โ Mpande Youth Academy
๐North Western Province โ Solwezi Mush*tala Stars
๐Southern Province โ Play It Forward
๐Western Province โ Barotse Crocs
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: with the transition season set to commence in September as we move to a new structure with 20 teams, this years playoffs will see six teams earn promotion to the National League. The top three teams from each group will secure promotion.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ : Mathkat United from luapula is notable for being the only team returning to the playoffs after failing to qualify in the 2025 national league playoff.
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฎ: from all the teams that qualified and played this year's absa cup, only teta FC from northern province have failed to make it to the playoffs.
๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐: Lusaka province is the only province with a one hundred percent in terms of teams qualification, no team from Lusaka has failed to qualify to the national league since the playoffs were introduced.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต:
Nampundwe
Zambezi Portland
Forest myooye
Play it forward.
๐จ Note๐จ six teams will win promotion and those are "our" top four teams we strongly feel will make the cut.
Feel free to drop your favorite four or six teams you feel will make it to the national league in the comments section.
