Four-time champions Ghana out of AFCON 2025 after 1-1 draw with Angola

The Black Stars needed 2 wins successful their past 2 qualifying games and are now near astatine bottommost spot successful Group F.

Ghana person grounded to scope nan Africa Cup of Nations for nan first clip since 2004 aft drafting pinch Angola 1-1 successful their qualifying match.

The Black Stars needed a triumph successful their penultimate group crippled connected Friday to support live their slim hopes of qualifying for nan 2025 tourney successful Morocco.

Ghana, four-time Africa Cup champions, person played successful 24 editions of nan tournament. Only seven-time champions Egypt (26) and defending champions Ivory Coast (25) person appeared successful more.

Angola, which had already qualified, made a amended commencement successful beforehand of nan location fans successful Talatona. But Ghana seasoned Jordan Ayew opened nan scoring for nan visitors pinch a superb free footwear from region successful nan 18th minute.

M’Bala Nzola had a chance to equalise pinch a punishment only for Ghana goalkeeper Abdul Manaf Nurudeen to prevention his spot kick.

The location squad kept pushing, however, and Felicio Milson group up Zini to equalise successful nan 64th.

Ghana remained bottommost of qualifying Group F pinch conscionable 3 points from 5 games. They needed 2 wins from their last 2 games while hoping group rival Sudan (seven points) mislaid some of their games.

Niger had earlier done nan Black Stars a favour by beating Sudan 4-0.

Ghana adjacent play Niger (four points) connected Monday. Niger tin suffice arsenic group runners-up down Angola (13 points) arsenic agelong arsenic Angola hit Sudan successful their last group game. Niger person a amended extremity quality than Sudan.

Former Hertha Berlin winger Myziane Maolida scored successful nan past infinitesimal for Comoros to suffice pinch a 2-1 triumph complete The Gambia. It is conscionable nan 2nd clip nan land federation squad person qualified for nan Africa Cup.

Zambia, Mali, and Zimbabwe besides secured their qualification connected Friday, while Nigeria, Tunisia, South Africa, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon clinched their spots connected Thursday.

Victor Osimhen’s precocious extremity was capable for Nigeria to advancement pinch a 1-1 tie against Benin.

Morocco, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Algeria, DR Congo , Cameroon, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and Angola had already qualified earlier this information of games.

There are still 5 places disposable successful nan 24-team tourney pinch qualifying continuing done Tuesday.