{"id":466036,"date":"2018-02-20T19:51:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T19:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/black-queens-and-super-falcons-to-renew-ghana-nigeria-rivalry-in-wafu-semis\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T19:51:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T19:51:28","slug":"black-queens-and-super-falcons-to-renew-ghana-nigeria-rivalry-in-wafu-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/black-queens-and-super-falcons-to-renew-ghana-nigeria-rivalry-in-wafu-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Queens and Super Falcons to renew Ghana-Nigeria rivalry in WAFU semis"},"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, 20 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/54955673.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Queens Of Ghana\" title=\"Black Queens Of Ghana\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Queens will face Nigeria on Thursday<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519156288_705_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana&#8217;s Black Queens are set to face off with the Super Falcons of Nigeria in the semi-finals of the WAFU Zone B women&#8217;s tournament after they finished second and first respectively in their Groups at the on-going tournament in Abidjan.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams look set to renew the long-standing rivalry between the two football giants in West Africa when they clash in the first semi-final game on Thursday, at the Parc des Sports in Treichville, Abidjan.<\/p>\n<p>While Ghana&#8217;s Black Queens after beating Burkina Faso 4-1 finished second to Cote d&#8217;Ivoire in Group B to secure a spot in the final four last Sunday, the Super Falcons of Nigeria maintained the top spot in Group A after their second-string team won 3-1 against Togo in the final group game Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Mali, brought in as a last-minute replacement for Benin, finished second in Group A and will play hosts, Cote d&#8217;Ivoire in the other semi-final game.<\/p>\n<p>Both matches will be played at Parc des Sports on Thursday at 4:30pm and 7:00pm respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Semi-final matches<\/p>\n<p>Thursday:<\/p>\n<p>Venue Parc des Sports<\/p>\n<p>Ghana vs Nigeria (4:30pm)<\/p>\n<p>Cote d&#8217;Ivoire vs Mali (7:00pm)<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\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 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