The Black Meteors of Ghana will have to wait for third place battle to secure a ticket for Tokyo 2020 Olympics after losing semifinals clash against Ivory Coast on Tuesday.

Ghana fought back twice to take the game against Ivory Coast to extra time and eventually a penalty shootout, but the Black Meteors once again fell short as they lost 3-2 on penalties.

The Black Meteors will know their opponents in the third-place battle when Egypt face South Africa, the loser will play Ghana in the third-place game while the winner will face Ivory Coast in the U23 AFCON finals.

There are only slots for the 2020 Olympics and Ghana needs to win the third-place battle to secure their slot in the tournament.

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Ghana Black Meteors will face Ivory Coast in the semifinals of the 2019 U23 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Ghana secured a huge and important 2-0 win against Mali on Thursday night in the last group game to book them a place in the semifinals.

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After finishing second in their group, Ghana Black Meteors will face Ivory Coast in the semifinals while Egypt will play South Africa.

Ghana will play Ivory Coast on Tuesday, November 19th.

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Ghana Black Meteors face Cameroon in their first game in the 2019 U23 Africa Cup of Nations as they look to begin the tournament with a win.

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Ghana Black Meteors Coach Ibrahim Tanko has released his final squad for the U23 Africa Cup Of Nations that will take place this month in Egypt.

Ibrahim Tanko included twelve foreign-based and nine locally-based players in his final squad for the tournament.

Three players from Asante Kotoko and two players from Hearts of Oak were included in the final squad.

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Accompanied by some members of the newly-formed Executive Council of the GFA, the FA President told the players that the visit was to reassure them of the unflinching support of the GFA and the football fraternity.

The national Olympic team has not played at the Olympic Games since 2004 in Athens, and the new GFA boss urged them to remain committed to the national cause and end the 15-year-old Olympics jinx.

“You have an opportunity to make history and make a man for yourself, your family and most importantly your country,” the GFA President told the Black Meteors.

Mr. Okraku adviced the players to remain focused on the task ahead, as well as heed the advice of their coaches.

Members of the Executive Council who accompanied the President; Messrs Mark Addo, Nana Oduro Sarfo, Samuel Anim Addo and Randy Abbey, also advised the players to remain focused on the task ahead.

Head Coach of the team, Ibrahim Tanko, on behalf of the technical team thanked the President and his delegation for visiting them.



“Your visit means a lot to us. This is your first official day in office and we are really happy and encouraged that you have remembered us with this visit,” said Ibrahim Tanko.

“We can assure you that we will go to Egypt and fight for the nation. We don’t want to just go and qualify; we want to go there and win the trophy for our country Ghana, in shaa Allah,” added coach Tanko.

The Vice Captain of the side, Kwame Baah also thanked the President and his team and also assured them of the team’s commitment to the task ahead in Egypt.

The Black Meteors will take part in the African Under 23 Championship in Egypt for one of Africa’s three slots for the 2020 Olympic Games in Egypt. Ghana is in Group A with Egypt, Cameroon and Mali.



source: GhanaFA

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Ghana U23 Coach Ibrahim Tanko has invited 18 local players to the Black Meteors camp ahead of the U23 Africa Cup of Nations that will be coming off this November.

The team will begin camping next week as they begin preparations ahead of the prestigious competition.

Full squad:

Goalkeepers: Kwame Baah, Richmond Ayi, Danlad Ibrahim

Defenders: Caleb Amankwaa, Frank Akoto, Williams Dankyi, Zakaria Fuseini, Emmanuel Cudjoe

Midfielders: Barmiah Foster, Michael Agbekpornu, Abdul Aziz Nurudeen, Nasiru Hamza, Mohamed Shiraz, Eric Abdul Razak

Attackers: Osei Owusu Evans, Kwame Poku, Eric Dupey, Adiwoh Peter Ernest

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Ghana Black Meteors coach Ibrahim Tanko has revealed that the U23 players were ‘down’ after the 1-1 draw against Algeria at the Accra Sports Stadium last week and he and his staffs had to motivate them ahead of the second leg.

Ghana U23 secured a 1-0 victory against Algeria to qualify for the U23 Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday night, thanks to a solo goal from Yaw Yeboah.

Ibrahim Tanko stated that they had to psyche the players up before the game because they were ‘down’ and needed all the motivation they could get.

“It wasn’t easy after the first game as most of them were down. It took us two to three days to psyche them up and make them believe that they can beat them in their home ground,” he said.

He also stated that his team will do all they can to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.

“We are doing our best to qualify the team to the Olympic games to break our absence hiatus of the Olympics”

“I learnt a lesson from the first leg and I think that accounted for the victory,” he added

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Ghana U23 team aka Black Meteors have qualified for the Africa U23 Championship after beating Algeria 1-0 away from home, thanks to Yaw Yeboah’s solo goal.

The Black Meteors have secured their ticket to the U23 Africa Championship that will take place in Egypt this November after beating Algeria 2-1 on aggregate.

Ghana will join Egypt (Host), Zambia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, South Africa and Mali in the list of qualified teams for the U23 AFCON that will take place in November. Top three teams will qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

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