Black Maidens start FIFA U-17 Ladies’s World Cup Qualifiers towards Togo in Lomé • Sahara Soccer

Ghana’s U-17 girls’s nationwide workforce, the Black Maidens, kick off their 2026 FIFA U-17 Ladies’s World Cup qualification marketing campaign on Sunday with a vital first-leg encounter towards Togo in Lomé.

The Black Maidens boast a powerful historical past within the competitors, having featured in six of the seven tournaments held between 2008 and 2022.

Their standout achievement stays a third-place end in 2012, alongside constant quarterfinal appearances in 2014, 2016, and 2018.

Head coach Joe Nana Adarkwa has named a 22-player squad for the two-legged tie and is assured of development.

Talking forward of the sport, he expressed sturdy perception in his workforce’s possibilities, stating that the Maidens are approaching the fixture “like wounded lions,” decided to safe victory and qualification.

The primary leg is scheduled for Sunday, April 12, 2026, on the Stade de Kégué in Lomé, with kickoff set for 4:00 pm. The return leg shall be performed on Saturday, April 18, at 3:30 pm on the Accra Sports activities Stadium. This fixture marks the opening spherical of a three-stage qualification course of for the event, which shall be hosted by Morocco.

The workforce arrived in Togo on Friday and acquired a heat reception en path to the border in Aflao from MISUGHA Volta Ketu South department, led by H.E. Brilliant Solomon Kumordzie, Deputy Excessive Commissioner of Ghana to the Republic of Togo.

In an additional present of help, Ghana’s Excessive Commissioner to the Togolese Republic, George Kofi Nfojoh, visited the workforce after their remaining coaching session on Saturday, the place he inspired the gamers forward of the decisive conflict.

With sturdy backing and excessive expectations, the Black Maidens shall be aiming to make a robust begin to their qualification journey.