Zambia women's national under-17 football team, nicknamed the Copper Princesses, represents the country in international under-17 matches.

[4] When quality football players are produced in Africa, often they leave the country to seek greater opportunities elsewhere, to the detriment of the local game.

[10] This team competed in the Confederation of African Football qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup that will be held in Azerbaijan in September 2012.

[8] In the early rounds, Zambia played Botswana women's national under-17 football team in Gaborone, beating them 5–1.

[11][12][13][14][15] Zambian officials suspected that the Nigerian team cheated by having age ineligible players on their squad.