Ghana\u2019s Black Queens have been handed a manageable group at the 2026 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations after being drawn in Group D alongside Cameroon, Mali and Cape Verde following the official draw in Sal\u00e9, Morocco.<\/p>\n
The tournament will once again be hosted in Morocco, with matches scheduled to run from March 17th to April 3rd, and Ghana<\/a> will play all their group fixtures in the historic city of Fes.<\/p>\n It marks another return to familiar territory for the Black Queens, who enjoyed a strong campaign at the last edition, also staged in Morocco, where they finished third overall after beating South Africa.<\/p>\n Group D promises to be competitive, with Cameroon<\/a> bringing pedigree and physicality, Mali<\/a> offering growing consistency at the continental level, and\u00a0Cape Verde<\/a> continuing their rise in women\u2019s football.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ghana, however, will take confidence from their recent progress and renewed focus under head coach Kim Lars Kim Bjorkegren.<\/p>\n \u201cI am looking forward to the tournament. When I came, Ghana were ranked sixth in Africa, but we are now third and seeded for the competition. We will push to do better this time,\u201d the Swedish coach said after the draw.<\/p>\n President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku, reaffirmed Ghana\u2019s goal to win its first continental title.<\/p>\n \u201cOur ambition is to win the WAFCON trophy, and we are not too far from that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Beyond continental honours, WAFCON 2026 carries added significance as it will also serve as a qualifying tournament for the 2027 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n The four semi-finalists will secure automatic qualification for the global showpiece, which will be hosted by Brazil in 2027.<\/p>\n For Ghana, the draw presents both opportunity and motivation. The Black Queens have not featured at the Women\u2019s World Cup since 2007, and a strong showing in Morocco would not only reaffirm their status among Africa\u2019s elite but also end a long wait for a return to the world stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s Black Queens have been handed a manageable group at the 2026 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[79],"class_list":{"0":"post-25436","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ghana","8":"tag-ghana"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}