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Group stage (1999, 2003, 2007) Women's Africa Cup of Nations. Appearances. 12 (first in 1991) Best result. Runners-up (1998, 2002, 2006) The Ghana women's national football team represents Ghana in international women's football. The team is governed by the Ghana Football Association. Its players are known as the Black Queens.
The Ghana women's national football team has represented Ghana at the FIFA Women's World Cup on three occasions: in 1999, [1] 2003, [2] and 2007. [3]
With the first FIFA Women's World Cup in China, Nigeria became the only African representative in the tournament, having won the inaugural 1991 African Women's Championship after beating Cameroon. In the first World Cup for Africa's only representative, Nigeria had a disappointing show. Being drawn with Germany, Italy and Chinese Taipei in ...
The Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations and formerly the African Women's Championship, is a biennial international women's football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 1998 as the qualification for the FIFA Women's World Cup for African nations.
1994: Nigeria scored the biggest African win at the World Cup Finals, 3–0 over Bulgaria; 1994: Roger Milla of Cameroon, the oldest player to score at World Cup Finals, aged 42, against Russia. (Russia won the match 6–1) 1998: Youssef Chippo of Morocco. first African to score an own goal at the World Cup, in the 2–2 draw against Norway on ...
FIFA Women's World Cup (National Team) Africa Women Cup of Nations (National Team) Ghana is traditionally a powerhouse of African Football but the sport is believed to be dying due to lack of corporate sponsorship. [1][2][3] Although popular amongst girls, many experience prejudice and discrimination. [4][5][6][7][8]
Ghana have qualified for four FIFA World Cup tournaments; 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2022. In 2006 they were the only African side to advance to the Second round of 2006 FIFA World Cup and were the sixth nation in a row from Africa to progress beyond the group stages of the World Cup. [ 1 ] Ghana had the youngest team in the FIFA World Cup 2006 with ...
The song "African Girls" won an award at the Ghana Music Awards in 2011. The 2010 World Cup song, "Ghana Black Stars (Official Song 2010 World Cup)" composed by Ghanaian hiplife music group "Kings and Queens Entertainment" approved by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as GFA has indicated that the Black Stars are a protected brand. [58]