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Ghana’s Maidens arrive in Jordan

Ghana’s Maidens arrive in Jordan

The national female U-17 team, the   Black Maidens, have arrived in Amman, Jordan, for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, which kicks off on September 30.

The Ghanaian contingent which included 18- players,  the technical team and management members left Accra last Tuesday evening on board an Emirates flight.

The team made a transit in Dubai and arrived in Jordan last Wednesday afternoon as they await the start of the competition next week

Coach Augustine Evans Adotey and his team will continue preparations for their group stage matches with their first game coming up against defending Champions Japan next Saturday in Al Zarqa.

Ghana will then take on USA and Paraguay in subsequent group matches in Amman and Irbid respectively.

The national U-17 female team qualified to their fith straight World Cup appearance after recording a 10-0 aggregate win over Morocco in the final qualifying match.

The Black Maidens, who were quarter-finalists at the last edition of the competition, are the only African side to have reached the semi-finals of the World Cup when they won bronze in 2012. 

 

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