Ghana FA release Black Stars schedule for AFCON & World Cup 2022 campaigns

The Ghana Football Association has released the schedule for the senior national football team as they prepare for a busy 2022.

The Black Stars of Ghana have qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Cameroon which takes place next year. The tournament, originally should have been played this year but was shifted due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Coach Charles Akonnor’s Black Stars have been tasked to win the AFCON with an operations team set up to ensure that.

The team has also been given another task of qualifying for the FIFA Word Cup to be hosted in Qatar next year and make the semi final stage.

To ensure this, the Ghana FA has released a timetable of how the activities of the Black Stars will be like before and during this period.

Starting in May 2021, Ghana begins the campaign for glory with an European tour that will last beyond 10 days. There will be several woerls Cup qualifying matches played as well as Pre-AFCON preparatory games before the tournament starts.

Find the full activity list of the Black Stars below.

May 20 -June 2, 2021
Training Camp in Europe

FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers
June 4, 2021
Ghana vs Ethiopia

June 12, 2021
South Africa vs Ghana

September 4, 2021
Ghana vs Zimbabwe

September 9, 2021
Zimbabwe vs Ghana

October 8, 2021
Ethiopia vs Ghana

October 12, 2021
Ghana vs South Africa

World Cup Qualifying Play-Offs

1st Leg: November 7
2nd Leg: November 12

December 20
Pre-AFCON Training Tour

January 6- February 7
AFCON TOURNAMENT

The Black Stars will later begin their AFCON 2023 qualifying journey in March 2022.

The AFCON 2023 qualifying campaign will theb climax in September 2022.