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.

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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.

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.

Who'll lift the #TotalAFCONU23 trophy?

— CAF (@CAF_Online) November 15, 2019

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.

WAFU defending champions Ghana are through to the finals of the 2019 edition after beating Ivory Coast 3-1, thanks to a Shafiu Mumuni hat trick.

Ghana opened the scoring through Shafiu Mumuni who made the most of a scrappy goalmouth scramble to give his team in the lead in the 30th minute of the game.

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Shafiu Mumuni added his second in the first minute into the second with a great finish to extend the lead for his side.

The Black Stars B captain completed his hat trick in the 49th minute, becoming the first player to achieve this feat in the history of the WAFU competition.

Ivory Coast pulled one back through Doumbia who beat the goalkeeper with a well-taken free-kick.

Ghana are in the finals of the WAFU 2019 and will face either Senegal or Mali in the final game of the tournament.

South Africa were defeated by Cote d’Ivoire in their opening fixture, Kodjia’s strike was the only difference as his team start the campaign with a win.

Cote d’Ivoire dominated the game in the first half with a series of attacking play and counter-attacks.

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Nicolas Pepe saw his free-kick hit the crossbar before going over in the closing minutes of the first half before Kodjia squandered a perfect opportunity to give his side the lead, the first half ended without a goal.

Kodjia finally opened the scoring in the 64th minute with a great finish to put his team in front.

South Africa tried to respond but couldn’t beat the Ivorian defence.

Ghana Black Queens were outstanding in their second game in the competition as they thrash Togo 6-0 on Friday at the Stade Robert Champaoux.

Mukarama Abdulai opened in the scoring in the 45th minute just before the half time.

Alice Kusi scored twice after the break, she scored their second in the 53rd minute and third in the 65th minute of the game before Grace Asantewaa scored in the 77th minute to make it 4-0.



Mavis Owusu scored twice in the closing minutes to seal the big win for the Ghana Black Queens.

Mavis Owusu was awarded the best player of the match.

The Queens have qualified for the semi-final stage.



Ghana will play host nation Ivory Coast in the final group game on Monday 13 May, 2019 in a battle for the top spot position.

The Ghana Black Queens began their WAFU Women’s Cup campaign with an emphatic 2-0 win over Senegal on Wednesday evening.

The game started in a very great manner but both teams failed to find the back of the net in the first forty-five minutes of the game.

Evelyn Badu broke the deadlock in the 75th minute with a close-range effort to put the Black Queens in front, before Abdulai Mukarama scored in the 90th minute to seal the victory for Ghana.

Earlier in Group A, host nation Ivory Coast thrashed Togo 5-0.



Ghana will face Togo on Friday as they will be looking to secure a spot in the semi-finals.

Ashantigold announced on Thursday morning that the club have completed the signing of young Ivorian defender Ibrahim Kalil Doumbia on a five-year deal.

We have secured the services of young Ivorian defender Ibrahim Kalil Doumbia Junior for the next 5 (five) Years.

We wish him all the best and hope for more success together. pic.twitter.com/oPNW6bofdK

— Ashantigold SC (@AshantiGoldSC_) April 25, 2019

Ibrahim will join his compatriots Richard Djodi and Salia Ouattara at the club.