Black Queens will host the Teranga Lioness of Senegal, today, Tuesday, 11 April 2023, in the second leg of the double header friendly at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The Black Queens won the 1st leg 3-0 on Saturday, April 8 2023 at the Accra sports stadium courtesy of a brace from Gifty Assifuah and a goal by Grace Asantewaa.

The team had their final training session yesterday at the Accra sports stadium to prepare for the second game.

The friendly game will be used as part of preparations for Coach Nora Hauptle to get a strong team ahead of the 2023 WAFU B Cup of Nations and the African Women Cup of Nations 2024 qualifiers.

The objective of this friendly game is to create a fluid selection with the National team coaching staff, the performances of the players in the Ghana Women’s Premier League.

Ghanaian players who play abroad are part of the squad as the technical team put in efforts to build a formidable squad for both immediate and future competitions.

The Black Queens missed on the 2022 African Women’s Cup of Nations after losing 2-1 to Nigeria in the qualifiers. They will try to make amends this time around.

The WAFU Zone B Women’s Cup is a women’s association football competition contested by national teams of Zone B of the West African Football Union. The first edition was played in 2018 with eight teams, which included some foreign-based players.

Eight teams were drawn in two groups of four. WAFU Zone B member teams are Ivory Coast, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria and Benin. Mali (from Zone A) replaced Benin, who had withdrawn shortly before the tournament, and Senegal (from Zone A) were invited to make the numbers up to eight.

The WAFU Zone B will be a great preparatory game for the incoming African Women Cup of Nations 2024 qualifiers.

The 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations also referred to as WAFCON 2024 officially known as the 2024 TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes, will be the 15^th edition of the biennial African international women’s football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), hosted by Morocco 2024.

The tournament also acts as the qualifiers for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, with the top four teams heading to Australia and New Zealand.