{"id":113969,"date":"2026-02-03T13:44:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=113969"},"modified":"2026-02-03T13:44:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:44:28","slug":"black-princesses-to-host-south-africa-in-2026-u-20-womens-world-cup-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=113969","title":{"rendered":"
Black Princesses to host South Africa in 2026 U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers<\/div>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GHANA\u2019s women Under-20 side, the Black Princesses, will on Sunday host South Africa in the third round of the 2026 Women\u2019s World Cup (WWC) qualifier at the Accra Stadium.
\nThe Black Princesses will host the first leg of this crucial qualifier, aiming to advance to the fourth and final round and secure their eighth consecutive Women\u2019s World Cup appearance, which will be held in Poland.<\/p>\n

They began the campaign last month and progressed to this stage after beating Tunisia 4-0 on aggregate in the second round of qualifiers, winning each leg 2-0.\u00a0
\nThe second leg of this third round will be hosted by South Africa on the weekend of February 12 to 14.\u00a0
\nMeanwhile, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed Tunisian Referee Asma Chouchane to officiate Saturday\u2019s encounter.\u00a0
\nShe will be assisted by compatriots Nesrine Quertatani and Khouloud Amri, with Emna Ajbouni as the fourth official.
\nNigeria\u2019s Ruth David serve as the Match Commissioner, with Senegalese Fatou Gaye appointed as the Referee Assessor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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GHANA\u2019s women Under-20 side, the Black Princesses, will on Sunday host South Africa in the third round of the 2026 Women\u2019s World Cup (WWC) qualifier at the Accra Stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Black Princesses will host the first leg of this crucial qualifier, aiming to advance to the fourth and final round and secure their eighth consecutive Women\u2019s World Cup appearance, which will be held in Poland.<\/p>\n

They began the campaign last month and progressed to this stage after beating Tunisia 4-0 on aggregate in the second round of qualifiers, winning each leg 2-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The second leg of this third round will be hosted by South Africa on the weekend of February 12 to 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed Tunisian Referee Asma Chouchane to officiate Saturday\u2019s encounter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She will be assisted by compatriots Nesrine Quertatani and Khouloud Amri, with Emna Ajbouni as the fourth official.<\/p>\n

Nigeria\u2019s Ruth David serve as the Match Commissioner, with Senegalese Fatou Gaye appointed as the Referee Assessor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","category-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}