{"id":441775,"date":"2017-11-28T02:30:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T02:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/28\/eric-ayiah-black-princesses-nominated-for-caf-awards\/"},"modified":"2017-11-28T02:30:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T02:30:19","slug":"eric-ayiah-black-princesses-nominated-for-caf-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/28\/eric-ayiah-black-princesses-nominated-for-caf-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Ayiah, Black Princesses nominated for CAF Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 28 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-28<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/37990465.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Princesses 2017\" title=\"Black Princesses 2017\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana\u2019s female U-20 women\u2019s national team, the Black Princesses<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511836219_224_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana U-17 captain Eric Ayiah and Ghana\u2019s female U-20 women\u2019s national team, the Black Princesses, have been shortlisted for the AITEO CAF Awards but Black Stars duo of Thomas Partey and Christian Atsu miss out.<\/p>\n<p>Ayiah, who led the starlets to the final of the U-17 AFCON and the quarter final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup has been shortlisted in the Youth Player of the Year category while the Black Princesses, have enjoyed a sterling campaign in World Cup qualifying winning 10-1 on aggregate against Kenya in the last round.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle\u2019s Atsu and Atletico Madrid\u2019s Thomas Partey however, miss out on the final shortlist for the Men\u2019s Player of the Year category.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will be decided by votes from the members of the CAF Technical &amp; Development Committee, CAF Media Experts Panel and Independent Media and TV Consultants.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, only members of the CAF Referees\u2019 Committee will elect the Referee of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>The Awards Gala will take place on Thursday, 4 January 2018 in Accra, Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><b>Women\u2019s Player of the Year<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria &amp; Dalian Quanjian)<\/p>\n<p>Chrestina Kgatlana (South Africa &amp; UWC Ladies)<\/p>\n<p>Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene(Cameroon &amp; Rossyanka)<\/p>\n<p>Rutendo Makore (Zimbabwe &amp; Black Rhinos)<\/p>\n<p>Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi &amp; Kvarnsvedens)<\/p>\n<p><b>Women\u2019s National Team of the Year<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ghana U-20<\/p>\n<p>Kenya<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria U-20<\/p>\n<p>South Africa<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe<\/p>\n<p><b>Coach of the Year<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gernot Rohr (Nigeria)<\/p>\n<p>Hector Cuper (Egypt)<\/p>\n<p>Hugo Broos (Cameroon)<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019Hussein Amoutta (Wydad Athletic Club)<\/p>\n<p>Mihayo Kazembe (TP Mazembe)<\/p>\n<p><b>National Team of the Year<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cameroon<\/p>\n<p>Egypt<\/p>\n<p>Mali U-17<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Zambia U-20<\/p>\n<p><b>Club of the Year<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Al Ahly<\/p>\n<p>Mbabane Swallows<\/p>\n<p>SuperSport United<\/p>\n<p>TP Mazembe<\/p>\n<p>Wydad Athletic Club<\/p>\n<p><b>Youth Player of the Year<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Eric Ayiah (Ghana &amp; 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