Ghana to Play Jamaica in International Friendly Ahead of 2022 FIFA World Cup

Ghana to Play Jamaica in International Friendly Ahead of 2022 FIFA World Cup

Lukman Mumuni
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:09 PM
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  • The Black Stars of Ghana will play Jamaica in an international friendly before the 2022 FIFA World Cup
  • The friendly which is a part of a four-nation tournament will be held in Austria this month as Ghana prepares for the World Cup
  • The Ghana Football Association expects a team dominated by locally-based players to feature in the competition

Ghana will play the Reggae Boyz of Jamaica in a friendly later this month as the Black Stars prepare for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

The team will also face World Cup hosts Qatar and North Africa giants Morocco in a four-nation tournament to be held in Austria.

According to reports, the Black Stars will be represented by the Black Galaxies because the matches are being played out of the FIFA Calendar.

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The Black Stars will play Jamaica in an international friendly in August. Credit: Getty Images
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Jamaica have named coach Merron Gordon as interim manager for the game against Ghana as well as the team to face the African giants.

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Meanwhile, players of the Black Galaxies travelled to Nigeria last week to acquire their visas for the trip to Austria.

The game will also serve as a chance for locally-based players to justify their inclusion into the Black Stars team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Ghana will face Jamaica on August 20 at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Austria.

The Ghana Football Association has also lined up a friendly with Switzerland in November, just days before the World Cup.

Ghana to play Switzerland in friendly before World Cup

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Ghana will play European country Switzerland in a pre-World Cup friendly in November in Doha.

The four times African champions will test their strength against the Euro 2020 quarter-finalist on November 17th at the Baniyas Club Stadium.

The Ghana Football Association confirmed the international friendly on their official website.

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The Ghana international signed a three-year deal to join Auxerre from Austrian giants Red Bull Stalzburg.

Auxerre confirmed the arrival of the left-back, expressing delight in securing the signature of the defender.

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Lukman Mumuni
Lukman Abdul Mumin is a Sports Journalist based in Accra, Ghana. He has been writing for the past five years. Lukman joined Sports Brief as an Editor for the Local Desk in 2022.
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