Accra, Oct. 25, - The Black
Queens of Ghana, have lined up three international friendly games before next
month’s African Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) to be staged in Ghana.
The team would play Zambia, Kenya
and South Africa as part of preparations towards the competition.
This was after an extensive
deliberations between the GFA Normalization Committee, the Black Queens
Technical team as well as budgetary support from the Ministry of Youth and
Sports.
According to the GFA, coach
Bashiru Hayford’s side are expected to depart from Ghana on Tuesday October 30
to Zambia, to engage the She-Polopolo in an international friendly match on
November 3.
The team would leave Zambia on
November 5 to Kenya, to play their Kenyan counterparts on November 7.
They would return to Ghana on
November 9, to wrap up preparations for the competition with a friendly match
against South Africa's Bayana Bayana before commencement of the tournament on
Saturday November 17.
Ghana is in group A alongside
Algeria, Mali and Cameroon with their group stage matches to be played at the
Accra Sports Stadium.
Defending Champions Nigeria are
in Group B, would face South Africa, Kenya and Zambia at the group stages of
the competition at the Cape Coast Stadium.
Ghana will kick off the
competition against Algeria in the opening match of the competition to be
played on Saturday November 17 at the Accra Stadium with kick off time
scheduled at 15:30 GMT.
GNA
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