Ghana May Miss Out In U17 Women World Cup

Ghana May Miss Out In U17 Women World Cup

Sampson Adedeji

Ghana’s U-17 women’s national team, the Black Maidens could miss out on the World Cup in India after five players were accused of being overaged, BSNsports.com.ng gathered

This emerges after Ghana defeated Morocco at the Accra Sports Stadium over the weekend in the qualifiers.

The Maidens took a giant step towards qualifying for the World Cup after beating Morocco 2-0 in the first leg of the final round of the qualifiers.

 Ahead of the second leg in Rabat, the Moroccans have raised questions over the ages of some of Ghana’s players.

The report indicates that a technical meeting was held before the first-leg encounter, where the North Africans complained about the eligibility of some Ghanaian players.

The report said the Moroccans affirmed their point by claiming they had documents to prove five Ghanaian players were overaged.

But despite the Maidens’ management agreeing to withdraw those players, the report suggests the Moroccans still threatened to take the matter to FIFA.

The report added that investigations are underway to ascertain how some players could have had different dates of birth on different documents.