Ghana gets hosting rights for maiden WAFU-B U-17 Women’s Nations Cup

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Ghana will host the first edition of the West Africa Zone B (WAFU-B) U-17 Women’s Nations Cup.

The city of Accra will be bubbling for the highly anticipated tournament from December 12 to 26, 2024.

Seven West African nations will participate in the competition, including host Ghana, Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo.

Ghana also hosted the maiden edition of the WAFU-B U-20 Women’s Championship, which the host emerged Champions ahead of Nigeria a few years ago.

The tournament will allow promising young talents to showcase their skills at the sub-regional stage.

It aims to inspire the next generation of female footballers and promote gender equality through sports, as it reinforces the growing prominence of women’s football across Africa.

The tournament follows similar competitions in other sub-regions, especially COSAFA (Southern Africa).

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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