{"id":251782,"date":"2024-11-16T07:17:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T07:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/"},"modified":"2024-11-16T07:17:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T07:17:56","slug":"black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars miss out on AFCON 2025 after Angola draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>For the first time in 20 years, Ghana\u2019s Black Stars have failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), following a 1-1 draw with Angola in Luanda on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The result leaves Ghana at the bottom of Group F, with no chance of securing a place in the tournament scheduled for Morocco in 2025.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Unfulfilled Hopes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s campaign was on the brink entering the match, with just two points from four games. A victory was essential to stay in contention for one of the two qualification spots in the group. However, Angola, already leading the group with an unbeaten home record, proved too resilient for the struggling Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Jordan Ayew sparked hope with a 19th-minute free-kick that put Ghana in the lead. Moments later, goalkeeper Abdul Manaf Nurudeen made a crucial penalty save to deny N\u2019bala Nzola, keeping Ghana ahead at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>The second half, however, saw Angola dominate, with substitute Zini leveling the score in the 64th minute. Despite late efforts from both sides, the match ended in a stalemate, effectively ending Ghana\u2019s qualification hopes.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>A Campaign of Disappointment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Black Stars\u2019 performance in the qualifiers has been a shadow of their former dominance. Angola and Sudan have secured the top two spots in Group F with 12 and 7 points, respectively, leaving Ghana\u2019s final group match against Niger in Accra on Monday as a formality.<\/p>\n<p>This campaign mirrors the disappointment of 2004, the last time Ghana failed to qualify for AFCON. That year, the team struggled in a three-team group with Rwanda and Uganda, managing only four points from four matches.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What Lies Ahead<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The failure to qualify for AFCON 2025 raises questions about the team\u2019s management, coaching, and overall strategy. With the World Cup qualifiers on the horizon, Ghana must reflect on this campaign and undertake significant rebuilding to restore the team\u2019s reputation as a continental powerhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Fans, who have witnessed decades of Black Stars excellence, are calling for a renewed commitment to excellence and accountability to ensure such setbacks become a rarity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in 20 years, Ghana\u2019s Black Stars have failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), following a 1-1 draw with Angola in Luanda on Friday evening. The result leaves Ghana at the bottom of Group F, with no chance of securing a place in the tournament scheduled for Morocco [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":251783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Black Stars miss out on AFCON 2025 after Angola draw - 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\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Black Stars miss out on AFCON 2025 after Angola draw - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For the first time in 20 years, Ghana\u2019s Black Stars have failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), following a 1-1 draw with Angola in Luanda on Friday evening. The result leaves Ghana at the bottom of Group F, with no chance of securing a place in the tournament scheduled for Morocco [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-16T07:17:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gfa-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"797\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"543\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/16\\\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/16\\\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Black Stars miss out on AFCON 2025 after Angola draw\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-16T07:17:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/16\\\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":351,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/16\\\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/gfa-1.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Top News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/16\\\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/16\\\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/16\\\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\\\/\",\"name\":\"Black Stars miss out on AFCON 2025 after Angola draw - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/16\\\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/16\\\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/gfa-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-16T07:17:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/16\\\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/16\\\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/16\\\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/gfa-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/gfa-1.png\",\"width\":797,\"height\":543},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/16\\\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Black Stars miss out on AFCON 2025 after Angola draw\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Black Stars miss out on AFCON 2025 after Angola draw - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Black Stars miss out on AFCON 2025 after Angola draw - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"For the first time in 20 years, Ghana\u2019s Black Stars have failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), following a 1-1 draw with Angola in Luanda on Friday evening. The result leaves Ghana at the bottom of Group F, with no chance of securing a place in the tournament scheduled for Morocco [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-11-16T07:17:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":797,"height":543,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gfa-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Black Stars miss out on AFCON 2025 after Angola draw","datePublished":"2024-11-16T07:17:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/"},"wordCount":351,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gfa-1.png","articleSection":["Top News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/","name":"Black Stars miss out on AFCON 2025 after Angola draw - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gfa-1.png","datePublished":"2024-11-16T07:17:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gfa-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gfa-1.png","width":797,"height":543},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/16\/black-stars-miss-out-on-afcon-2025-after-angola-draw\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Black Stars miss out on AFCON 2025 after Angola draw"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}