 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Botswana inowanzoita seimwe yenzvimbo dzisina simba muAfrica, uye kuita kwavo muAfrica Cup of Nations kwakanyanya kuderedzwa mumutambo wekugadzirira. Botswana yakanga yakaramba iri mumumvuri wenyika zhinji dzeAfrica munharaunda yakasimba yeCOSAFA. Zvisinei, Botswana yakaita zvimwe zvinoshamisa mumakwikwi e2012 Africa Cup of Nationskuti pakupedzisira vakwanise kupinda mumakwikwi avo okutanga, uye achiri, makwikwi avo bedzi eAFCON kusvika zvino. Botswana haisati yakwanisa kuenda kumakwikwi eAFCON kubvira muna 2012. 