{"id":416103,"date":"2017-09-08T09:30:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T09:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/08\/2017-wafu-cup-five-countries-arrive-in-ghana-ahead-of-tournament\/"},"modified":"2017-09-08T09:30:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T09:30:31","slug":"2017-wafu-cup-five-countries-arrive-in-ghana-ahead-of-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/08\/2017-wafu-cup-five-countries-arrive-in-ghana-ahead-of-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 WAFU Cup: Five countries arrive in Ghana ahead of tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/52376202.jpg\" alt=\"Wafu Ghana\" title=\"Wafu Ghana\" width=\"240\" height=\"349\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The tournament will be held at the Sekondi Stadium and Cape Coast Stadium from 9th &#8211; 24 September<\/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\/09\/1504863031_712_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Five countries have to join hosts Ghana for the 2017 Fox WAFU Nations Cup which starts this weekend in Cape Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Senegal have arrived for the three week competition.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers are expecting ten other teams to arrive before Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament starts on Saturday with Ghana set to play Gambia in the opener at the Cape Coast stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tournament will be held at the Sekondi Stadium and Cape Coast Stadium from 9th &#8211; 24 September &#13; Five countries have to join hosts Ghana for the 2017 Fox WAFU Nations Cup which starts this weekend in Cape Coast. 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