{"id":231966,"date":"2024-10-14T09:45:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/african-nations-championship-nigeria-drawn-against-ghana-in-qualifiers\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:45:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:45:09","slug":"african-nations-championship-nigeria-drawn-against-ghana-in-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/african-nations-championship-nigeria-drawn-against-ghana-in-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"African Nations Championship: Nigeria Drawn Against Ghana in Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"penci-post-entry-inner\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"penci-post-countview-number-check\" style=\"display:none\">55<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles B have been drawn to face arch-rivals Ghana in the second round of the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers.<span id=\"more-120492\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The draw held on Wednesday, and sets up another intense clash between the West African neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will host the first leg between December 20-22, before traveling to Nigeria for the second leg a week later.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_119282\" style=\"width: 567px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119282\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119282\" src=\"https:\/\/brilanet.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19172057\/Untitled-18.png\" alt=\"Ghana, Walker Annor\" width=\"557\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brilanet.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19172057\/Untitled-18.png 557w, https:\/\/brilanet.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19172057\/Untitled-18-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/brilanet.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19172057\/Untitled-18-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/brilanet.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19172057\/Untitled-18-32x21.png 32w, https:\/\/brilanet.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/19172057\/Untitled-18-263x175.png 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-119282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghana CHAN team head coach Walker Annor. 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