Black Challenge unveil 15-man squad for Mexico World Cup ahead of Tuesday departure

Home Home News News Premier League Premier League Division One Division One Black Stars Black Stars Black Challenge unveil 15-man squad for Mexico World Cup ahead of Tuesday departure 25 minutes ago Competitions Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Share this with Whatsapp Ghana’s Black Challenge head coach, Stephen Richard Obeng, has named his final 15-man squad for the 2026 WAFF Men’s Amputee Football World Cup ahead of the team’s departure to Mexico on Tuesday, November 10.

The squad comprises three goalkeepers and 12 outfield players, who will represent Ghana at the global tournament scheduled to take place from November 13 to 22 in San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico.

The team heads into the competition with financial backing from Gold Fields, while the Football Association has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the Black Challenge in collaboration with the National Amputee Football Association of Ghana and the Ministry of Sports and Recreation.

The 2026 tournament will feature 24 national teams from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, with Ghana drawn in Group D alongside fellow African representatives Angola, South American side Colombia and Asian opponents Iraq.

Angola will pose a significant challenge, having established themselves as one of the tournament’s leading nations. They won the World Cup in 2018 in Mexico before finishing as runners-up in the 2022 edition.

Ghana travel to the South American nation with an impressive continental pedigree and ambitions of making a strong impact on the world stage. The Black Challenge won the African Amputee Football Championship in 2021, claimed gold at the inaugural African Para Games in Accra in 2023 and successfully defended their continental crown in Cairo in 2024.

Their 2024 triumph came after a hard-fought 2–1 victory over Morocco in the final, a result that also secured Ghana’s qualification for the 2026 World Cup.