Black Queens head coach, Kim Lars Bjorkegren has heaped praises on his players after securing qualification to the knockout round after an emphatic win over their Tanzanian counterparts last night
Ghana humbled the Twiga Stars by 4-1 in their final group game in Berkane to cruise into the knockout phase of the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations
The Queens opened the scoring account through Princella Adubea who pounced on a howler in the 12th minute but the score was subsequently cancelled in the dying embers of the first half courtesy Stumai Athumani
Alice Kusi scored to restore the lead before substitute Evelyn Badu to secure the cushion for Ghana
Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah netted the fourth goal to seal Ghana's emphatic win after making good use of a pass from Nyamekye in the 90th minute of the game
Following the 4-1 win, the Black Queens finished as Group C runner-up with four points while South Africa cemented their top spot with a 4-0 win over Mali, qualifying with seven points. The Malians also qualified to the knockout stage with four points as one of the best third-place teams.
In a post-match presser, the Swedish gaffer was full of praises for the performance of his girls and added they deserve to be in the final eight
“Ghana missed the knockout stages the last time that they played [in 2018 at home], and we have now made it past the group stages.
"The result is very important to us. We shall take it all in now because the players deserve this. They showed that they can stay true to our style and win," he added.
Ghana will face Algeria in the quarter-final stage of the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
