Ghana’s CHAN Black Stars team has been drawn against Gambia in their opening match of the WAFU tournament.
The CHAN Black Stars are in zone A will face their Gambian counterparts at the Essipong Stadium in Sekondi with Nigeria also set to face Sierra Leone at the same venue.
Other Zone A matches are Mali vs. Mauritania and Guinea vs. Guinea Bissau.
The Cape Coast Stadium will also host Senegal vs Liberia, Burkina Faso vs. Niger, Cote d’Ivoire vs. Togo and Benin vs. Cape Verde.
The draw was attended by the Deputy chief of staff Francis Asenso, Minister of Sports Isaac Asiamah, WAFU & GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi and key football administrators across West Africa.
The tournament will be staged from September 9-22 at the Western and Central regional capitals respectively.
