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Ghana to host African Women's Cup of Nations

Xinhua, December 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has officially received a mandate from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to host the 2018 edition of the African Women's Cup of Nations, the GFA announced on Monday.

The mandate was received by Leanier Addy, Chairperson of the management committee of the national senior women's team, at the end of the last championship in Cameroon earlier this month.

Addy presented the mandate to the executive committee of the GFA ahead of the association's ordinary congress at the Ghanaman Soccer Center of Excellence at Prampram, some 60 km east of the capital, Monday morning.

Eight countries will participate in the tournament which will be staged over a two-week period.

The 2018 Africa Women's Championship will also serve as qualifier to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Ghana will for the first time be hosting the competition since it started in 1998.

Ghana's Black Queens finished third in this year's championship hosted by Cameroon. Endit