{"id":99727,"date":"2023-09-14T09:56:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T09:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/14\/ghana-to-begin-qualifiers-against-madagascar\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T09:56:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T09:56:54","slug":"ghana-to-begin-qualifiers-against-madagascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/14\/ghana-to-begin-qualifiers-against-madagascar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana to begin qualifiers against Madagascar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"460\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2022-11-29-090632-696x460.png\"   alt=\"Black Stars\" title=\"Black Stars\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Stars <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Black Stars of Ghana will begin their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifications games at home with a game against\u00a0Madagascar in November 2023 as full fixtures have been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time African champions have housed in Group I alongside West African giants Mali, Madagascar, Comoros, Central African Republic, and Chad.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will open their qualification games when they host Madagascar, the Barea, between November 13 and 21.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Ghana will then trek to Comoros for the second qualifying match in across the same period in November as the remaining eight games will take place in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars are seeking a fifth World Cup appearance after their maiden participation in 2006, 2010, 2014 and the last edition in Qatar last year.<\/p>\n<p>The nine groups will play in a home and away, round-robin, format with each of the group winners qualifying automatically for the FIFA World Cup 26.<\/p>\n<p>The four best group runners-up will then compete in a play-off stage to determine CAF\u2019s representative at the FIFA playoff tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The FIFA play-off tournament will feature one team from each of FIFA\u2019s six confederations, except UEFA, plus one additional team from the host confederation (Concacaf).<\/p>\n<p>Two of the six teams will be seeded based on the FIFA\/Coca-Cola World Ranking.<\/p>\n<p>The seeded teams will play for a FIFA World Cup berth against the winners of the first two knockout games involving the four unseeded teams.<\/p>\n<p>Below are Ghana\u2019s full fixtures for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers:<\/p>\n<p>13 \u2013 21 November 2023 Ghana x Madagascar || Comoros x Ghana<\/p>\n<p>03 \u2013 11 June 2024 Mali x Ghana || Ghana x Central Africa<\/p>\n<p>17 \u2013 25 March 2025 Ghana x Chad || Madagascar x Ghana<\/p>\n<p>01 \u2013 09 September 2025 Chad x Ghana || Ghana x Mali<\/p>\n<p>06 \u2013 14 October 2025 Central Africa x Ghana || Ghana x Comoros<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"qxx-9rzYLJg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NPP reacts to NDC&#039;s claims on cocoa price increase - Adom TV (13-9-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qxx-9rzYLJg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars The Black Stars of Ghana will begin their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifications games at home with a game against\u00a0Madagascar in November 2023 as full fixtures have been revealed. 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