The Black Princesses progressed to the final stage of the 2022 FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup qualifiers following a 1-0 victory over the Young Copper Queens of Zambia at the Cape Coast stadium on Saturday.

Ghana drew goalless with the Zambian Queens in the first leg of the FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifier a fort night ago at the Nkoloma Stadium in Zambia.

A win over the Zambians in Accra will ensure the Princesses qualify to the next stage of the the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers. The two teams were looking for a win and both started off on a high note but it was the Princesses who were presented the first opportunity in the 3rd minute but Salamatu Abdullai failed to bury it.

Both teams had decent opportunities in the early exchanges but could not take their chances as the clock ticked. However a slick team move gave the Princesses a deserved lead in the 35th minute through skipper Evelyn Badu.

Back from recess, the Young Copper Queens looked more dangerous on the ball but were denied an equaliser on by Ghana shot stopper Cynthia Konlan.

Attacker, Rahama Jafar had a glorious chance to extend the lead for Ghana but the Hasaacas Ladies forward missed the post by inches.

The pace and tempo of the game dropped as the game progressed as Ghana held on to win 1:0 to progress to the next round of the qualifiers.

Ghana will face Uganda who knocked out South Africa in the previous round.

Ghana are chasing a record sixth straight FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup participation. The Black Princesses made their first World Cup appearance in 2010 and have gone ahead to play in four tournaments on the spin. (2010, 2012,2014, 2016, 2018).

The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup is slated for Costa Rica in 2022.