U-20 WWC: Ghana’s Princesses to discover group opponents May 5

The Black Princesses will, on Thursday, May 5, discover their opponents for the Costa Rica 2022 Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup when the draw for the tournament takes place in San José.

Ghana qualified alongside Nigeria’s Falconets as representatives of Africa for the upcoming Mundial.

With the Fifa Women’s World Cup 2023 fast approaching, some of the world’s best young players and future superstars of the women’s game will take to the field at the Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica from August 10 to 28.

Taking place at 19:00 GMT at the Teatro Nacional in San José, the draw for the World Cup is one of the final milestones in the lead-up to the tournament and will be where fans and the 16 participating teams learn the route that lies ahead in the quest to lift the coveted trophy.

Representing Ghana at the draw will be Black Princesses head coach Ben Fokuo and Hannah Amakye Asare – the team’s Administrator.

Hosted by athlete and TV presenter Johanna Solano, the draw will feature two stars of Costa Rican football, Shirley Cruz and Paulo César Wanchope, as draw assistants, while Jaime Yarza, Fifa’s Director of Tournaments, will conduct the draw.

Draw procedures summary

As part of the draw procedures, the 16 participating teams have been allocated to four pots of four teams each, based on a ranking created according to past sporting performance.

With qualifications around the world now complete, the line-up for the tournament is as follows: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Ghana, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain, the USA and hosts Costa Rica.

The draw will start with four pots labelled 1 to 4 representing the teams. The four pots representing the groups will be labelled A to D. In each pot, there will be four balls containing the position numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 of each respective group, with each pot being completely emptied before moving on to the next pot.