Black Queens paired against Nigeria in qualifier for 2022 AWCON

Ghana’s Black Queens have discovered their opponent for the 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) qualifiers.

The draw for the 2022 AWCON qualifiers took place today, May 10, 2021 at CAF's headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

Following the draw, the Black Queen have been pitted against African football powerhouse Nigeria, who have clinched the AWCON 11 times.

The Queens will travel to play the Super Falcons between June 7-15 before hosting them for the reserve fixture between October 18 to 29.

With the qualifying series divided into zones, one of Nigeria or Ghana, who are both housed in WAFU Zone B, will miss out on the tournament next year.

Both have traditionally participated in each of the CAF Women’s AFCON tournaments since the inaugural edition in 1991.

Nigeria are the defending champions while Ghana hosted the tournament in 2018.

The winner of the first-round tie between Nigeria and Ghana will face Niger or Cote d’Ivoire in the second round.

The AWCON, which will be hosted by Morocco, will also serve as a qualifier for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup which will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.

The countries which will reach the semifinals of the AWCON will be guaranteed automatic qualification for the World Cup.

 

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