Zimbabwe has for some time been hosting its home matches either in South Africa or other countries due to not having a stadium approved by FIFA.

Although they had been holding most of their matches in South Africa recently, Zimbabwe chose to take this particular game to Rwanda since both teams are familiar with South African venues.

This Match day 9 game is part of the 2026 World Cup qualification campaign and will follow another match in which Zimbabwe is set to host Rwanda on September 8, 2025.

This will not be the first time Zimbabwe hosts a game in Rwanda. In 2023, they also played Nigeria there during Match day 2 of the same qualification series.

These teams are in Group C, which is currently led by South Africa with 13 points. Rwanda and Benin are tied in second place with eight points each. Nigeria follows with seven points, Lesotho has six, and Zimbabwe is at the bottom with four points.

The Zimbabwe national team will host South Africa in Rwanda again.

Zimbabwe hosted Nigeria in Rwanda during Match day 2 of the same qualification series.