{"id":404017,"date":"2017-07-21T19:54:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T19:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/ghanas-afcon-qualification-chances-boosted-with-expansion-of-the-competition\/"},"modified":"2017-07-21T19:54:38","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T19:54:38","slug":"ghanas-afcon-qualification-chances-boosted-with-expansion-of-the-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/ghanas-afcon-qualification-chances-boosted-with-expansion-of-the-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s AFCON qualification chances boosted with expansion of the competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 21 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/56608421.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Stars AFCON1\" title=\"Black Stars AFCON1\" width=\"295\" height=\"198\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Stars of Ghana<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1500666877_779_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana\u2019s chances of making it to the Africa Cup of Nations has been boosted by news that the competition has been expanded.<\/p>\n<p>New CAF President Ahmad Ahmad has decided to open the competition in other to have more numbers and also add creativity.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately starting from the 2019 edition a total of 24 teams will be playing in the competition as against the previous 16 teams.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana has qualified for all the Africa Cup of Nations since 2004 and will all but all secure qualification for the next edition with the numbers now growing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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