{"id":86974,"date":"2023-07-27T08:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T08:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/27\/gfa-has-received-9m-in-participating-fees-from-fifa\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T08:05:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T08:05:59","slug":"gfa-has-received-9m-in-participating-fees-from-fifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/27\/gfa-has-received-9m-in-participating-fees-from-fifa\/","title":{"rendered":"GFA has received $9m in participating fees from FIFA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ghana has received the expected prize money as part of its participation at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Sports Minister, Mustapha Ussif has confirmed.<\/p>\n

The Black Stars were one of five African countries at the last edition of the global showpiece.<\/p>\n

The Ghana Football Association was expected to receive a financial reward from FIFA with Ussif confirming the reception of the money during an interview with Asempa FM on \u2018Eko Sii Sen\u2019.<\/p>\n

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The West African superpower opened its campaign with a 3-2 defeat against Portugal but returned to winning ways against South Korea in the second group game.<\/p>\n

Ghana needed a win in their final group game against Uruguay but suffered a 2-0 defeat to exit the tournament with three points after three games.<\/p>\n

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