The Copper Queens were on their way to victory before they conceded a late penalty that made them share the points
Zambia failed to hold onto their lead and ended up drawing 4-4 against China in a dramatic Olympic Games encounter at the Miyagi Stadium on Saturday.
Wang Shuang scored China's four goals while captain Barbara Banda registered a hat-trick while the other goal for the African representative was scored by Rachael Kundananji.
Both China and Zambia lost their opening fixtures to Brazil and the Netherlands respectively before drawing the second Group F game.
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In the opening two minutes, Copper Queens came close to getting an opener, but in the first instance, Banda missed the target from close range before China's Shimeng Peng stopped Avell Chitundu's shot in the second instance.