Ghana qualifies for FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup

ACCRA – Ghana’s female national under-20 soccer team, the Black Princesses, booked a place in the FIFA world cup finals after drubbing Tunisia 4-1 in the second-leg of the qualifier at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

ACCRA – Ghana’s female national under-20 soccer team, the Black Princesses, booked a place in the FIFA world cup finals after drubbing Tunisia 4-1 in the second-leg of the qualifier at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday.The Black Princesses won on 7-2 aggregate for the biennial tournament to be staged in Japan later in August following a 3-1 thrashing of the North African side in the first-leg held in Tunisia two weeks ago.Ghana thus becomes one of Africa’s two representatives for the World Cup which will be their second straight appearance. The Black Princesses made their debut in the Germany 2010 U-20 Women’s World Cup finals.Qualification comes barely after their under-17 counterpart; the Black Maidens booked their place in FIFA tournament after thumping South Africa 5-1 on aggregate in the final round of qualifiers at the start of last month.