The Black Queens have landed in Ivory Coast to defend their WAFU Zone B Women’s Cup of Nations title.
Ghana won the trophy in its maiden edition defeating hosts Cote d’Ivoire 1-0 in 2018. The senior women team’s campaign opens on Wednesday against Senegal in Group A before playing Togo on 10 May and hosts Cote d’Ivoire three days later.
Ten players-Fafali Dumehasi, Janet Egyir, Ellen Coleman, Gladays Amfobea, Juliet Acheampong, Grace Asantewaa, Mavis Owusu, Jane Ayieyam, Alice Kusi and Rita Okyere- were part of the team that won the maiden tournament last year.
”Our aim is to go as far as to the final and successfully defend the title, but we will take it game at a time,” head coach Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo told the Graphic Sports.
”We want to pick the three points against Senegal, before thinking of the other games.”
Ghana endured a poor campaign in November 2018 failing to qualify from the group stages of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations as hosts.
