{"id":2402,"date":"2011-11-29T16:01:18","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T16:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/11\/world-cup-boost-for-ghana-following-team-extension\/"},"modified":"2011-11-29T16:01:18","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T16:01:18","slug":"world-cup-boost-for-ghana-following-team-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/11\/29\/world-cup-boost-for-ghana-following-team-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Boost For Ghana Following Team Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"49\">\n<p><strong>By Ameenu Shardow<\/strong><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/world-cup-boost-for-ghana-following-team-extension\/black-queens\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-95705\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"World Cup boost for Ghana following team extension\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1b5aea8b74a035b2bcb733056de11876ca93.124.124.jpg\" alt=\"World Cup boost for Ghana following team extension\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Black Queens chances for next World Cup qualification brightened by new Fifa initiative<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Africa will earn more qualification slots for the next Fifa Womens World Cup following the extension of teams from sixteen to twenty four.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The decision was made during a Fifa seminar in South Africa where Executive Committee Member Linean Addy and Technical Director Francis Oti-Akenteng represented Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Though the quota is yet to be determined, Africa\u2019s current number of two looks likely to rise.<\/p>\n<p>This means Ghana\u2019s chance of making the finals is more brightened since the Black Queens failed to qualify for the last edition in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>However, the emergence of teams like Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and South Africa alongside perennial powerhouse Nigeria will provide stern opposition for the tournament scheduled to be hosted in Canada in 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Previous post: <a href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.mobi\/arsenal%E2%80%99s-van-persie-calls-for-more-%E2%80%98sensible%E2%80%99-fixtures\/\" rel=\"prev\">Arsenal\u2019s Van Persie Calls For More \u2018sensible\u2019 Fixtures<\/a><br \/>Next post: <a href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.mobi\/tottenham-loanee-naughton-norwich-are-fearless\/\" rel=\"next\">Tottenham Loanee Naughton: Norwich Are Fearless<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ameenu Shardow Black Queens chances for next World Cup qualification brightened by new Fifa initiative Africa will earn more qualification slots for the next Fifa Womens World Cup following the extension of teams from sixteen to twenty four. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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