Sports News of Saturday, 23 March 2019

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

LIVE UPDATES: Black Meteors vs Gabon - U-23 AFCON Qualifier

Black Meteors will host Gabon at the Accra Sports Stadium Black Meteors will host Gabon at the Accra Sports Stadium

We're bringing you LIVE UPDATES from the Accra Sports Stadium as the Black Meteors host Gabon’s under 23 side in the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Qualifier.

Ghana defeated Togo on a 5-1 aggregate scoreline in two legs to reach the second round of the qualifiers.

Qualification to the AYC will see the Black Meteors participate at the tournament which is scheduled to take place in Egypt.

Ghana has failed to qualify to the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations on two occasions since the tournament was founded in 2011.

With the new additional features added to the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, teams who reach the semi final stage automatically seal a spot at next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The maiden edition of the U23 AFCON was won by Gabon, Nigeria won the last edition of the tournament in 2015 after defeating Algeria 2-1 in the final.

Coach Ibrahim Tanko has been tasked to qualify Ghana to the U-23 AFCON.

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