Black Queens step up WAFCON 2026 preparations with Nigeria pleasant after Ivory Coast win • Sahara Soccer

Ghana’s Black Queens will proceed their build-up to the 2026 TotalEnergies Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations with a high-profile worldwide pleasant in opposition to reigning African giants Nigeria on Saturday, July 18, 2026.

The West African rivals will face off on the Stade El Abir Zaouli, with kick-off scheduled for 4:00 pm, as each groups fine-tune their preparations forward of the continental showpiece.

Ghana go into the encounter with renewed confidence after securing a 1-0 victory over Ivory Coast of their opening pre-tournament pleasant. Sharon Sampson proved to be the distinction, discovering the again of the web within the seventy fifth minute at hand the Black Queens a constructive begin to their warm-up marketing campaign.

The upcoming conflict with the Tremendous Falcons is anticipated to supply a more durable examination for the Black Queens and supply the technical group one other alternative to evaluate the squad, strengthen group chemistry and sharpen preparations earlier than the match begins.

Past its significance as a warm-up fixture, the encounter additionally renews the long-standing rivalry between two of West Africa’s main girls’s soccer nations.

The Black Queens arrived early in Morocco to acclimatise and endure last preparations by a collection of pleasant matches earlier than turning their consideration to aggressive motion.

Ghana have been drawn in Group D of the 2026 WAFCON, the place they’ll face Cape Verde, Mali and Cameroon for a spot within the knockout stage.

The 2026 TotalEnergies Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations is scheduled to run from July 25 to August 16, with the Black Queens hoping to construct on their preparations and make a powerful impression on the match.