{"id":197634,"date":"2024-07-08T12:12:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/08\/black-queens-depart-ghana-ahead-of-japan-friendly\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T12:12:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:12:03","slug":"black-queens-depart-ghana-ahead-of-japan-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/08\/black-queens-depart-ghana-ahead-of-japan-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Queens depart Ghana ahead of Japan friendly \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Ghana female national football team have departed Accra for Tokyo, Japan, ahead of their international friendly match on July 13, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The team, led by coach Nora H\u00c3\u00a4uptle, includes 19 players, technical staff, and management members.<\/p>\n<p>Four additional players will join the team on Sunday. The Black Queens have been training in Accra for four days to prepare for the match against Japan, former World Champions.<\/p>\n<p>The friendly is part of Ghana\u2019s build-up to the 2024 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco and Japan\u2019s preparation for the Olympic Games in Paris, France.<\/p>\n<p>The match will occur at the Kanazawa Go Go Curry Stadium on July 13.<\/p>\n<p>H\u00c3\u00a4uptle will use this opportunity to assess her players and fine-tune her team for future competitions.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Queens are eager to make a positive impact in Japan and demonstrate their readiness for the upcoming WAFCON tournament.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udeebIt\u2019s travel day <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackQueens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackQueens<\/a> \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded \u2026!!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MissionVolta?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MissionVolta<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shineblackqueens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shineblackqueens<\/a>\u2728\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xj6GDIOCJJ\">pic.twitter.com\/xj6GDIOCJJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ghana Women National Teams \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded (@GhanaWNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GhanaWNT\/status\/1809922361283555679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: ghanasoccernet.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana female national football team have departed Accra for Tokyo, Japan, ahead of their international friendly match on July 13, 2024. The team, led by coach Nora H\u00c3\u00a4uptle, includes 19 players, technical staff, and management members. Four additional players will join the team on Sunday. The Black Queens have been training in Accra for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Black Queens depart Ghana ahead of Japan friendly \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/08\/black-queens-depart-ghana-ahead-of-japan-friendly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Black Queens depart Ghana ahead of Japan friendly \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ghana female national football team have departed Accra for Tokyo, Japan, ahead of their international friendly match on July 13, 2024. 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