Ghana U15 Girls win WAFU B African Schools championship in Niger
By Lukman MUMIN, Accra
Ghana Schools U15 Girls won the WAFU B African Schools Football Championship title after beating Benin 1-0 in an entertaining final on Saturday, November 23, 2024, in Niger.
The tournament hosted at Niger’s FeniFoot Technical Centre in Niamey ended in spectacular fashion on Saturday after four days of exhilarating football.
The Ghana Girls team overcame their neighbours to complete a sweep at the Championship. Daniela Abass scored the decisive goal in the second half to deliver victory for Ghana.
The Girls U15 title was keenly contested, with fierce competition from Benin, Cote D’Ivoire, Niger and Burkina Faso. In the end, it was Ghana who emerged victorious, cementing their place as the champions of the WAFU B qualifiers.
Meanwhile, six WAFU B nations participated in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions of the tournament. Ghana was crowned champions of the zone in the Girls’ Division and secured a place at the CAF African Schools Football Championship Finals, which will take place in 2025.
The CAF African Schools Football Championship is in line with CAF’s indicated intent to develop successive generations of African football stars from the grassroots stage and provide them with a strong foundation for potential success in the foreseeable future.
The CAF African Schools Football Champions is a first of its kind in world football, with the innovative youth football competition reaching over 800 000 thousand young African boys and girls in its third season.
