{"id":146804,"date":"2024-02-02T13:07:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/02\/ghana-to-play-gambia-benin-in-football-competition\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T13:07:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:07:48","slug":"ghana-to-play-gambia-benin-in-football-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/02\/ghana-to-play-gambia-benin-in-football-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana to play Gambia, Benin in football competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The draw for the football competitions at the 2023 African Games has been completed, with host nation Ghana headlining the draw.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana has been placed in Group A of the men\u2019s competition alongside The Gambia, Benin, and the Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n<p>The host nation of the 13th African Games is set to field its National Under-20 side, the Black Satellites, to compete in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s biggest West African rival, Nigeria, leads Group B, which includes South Sudan, Senegal, Uganda, and Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>Quarter-finalists from the CAF Under-20 Championship were drawn into the pool for the competition, with Ghana joining as the host country. Ghana won the 2011 edition under James Kwesi Appiah.<\/p>\n<p>In the Women\u2019s Division, Ghana is in Group A with an all East African contingent filling out the group, with the Black Princesses drawn against Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_579848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-579848\" style=\"width: 583px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-579848 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GRoup-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"729\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-579848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: CAF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Black Princesses will use the tournament as preparation for the upcoming FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Colombia, which runs from August 31 to September 22.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_579847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-579847\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-579847 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Group-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"732\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-579847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: CAF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Baba Yara Stadium, Cape Coast Stadium, and Accra Sports Stadium have been earmarked to host the games.<\/p>\n<p>Group B consists of Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon, and Morocco.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The draw for the football competitions at the 2023 African Games has been completed, with host nation Ghana headlining the draw. 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