Ghana’s Female U20 side, will depart Accra for France on Wednesday ahead of the anticipated FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.

A total of 23 Black Princesses players will travel with the technical team to France.

As part of preparations towards the Mundial, the Black Princesses will play giants France at Clairefontaine on Friday July 29, 2022.

Head Coach Ben Fokuo will use the two week tour to put final touches to the team’s preparations ahead of the tournament.

‘’Since we started preparations about five weeks ago, the girls have been doing well in training and giving off their best. They put up good performance in the training matches and it shows they are ready for the tournament ahead” Coach Fokuo told ghanafa.org

“We will be leaving for France to play an international friendly and have our final preparations before we leave to Costa Rica for the tournament. It will be a good test for the team ahead of the tournament.

‘’The girls are eager to give everything to raise the flag of Ghana high and go far in this competition. “Everybody is happy and ready for the game against France as it will help strengthen the team. The girls are ready to work hard for the target we have set for ourselves as a team.

“We need the support of Ghanaians as we embark on our sixth consecutive World Cup appearance.” he urged.

The Princesses join the likes of Nigeria as the two African representatives for the global youth tournament.

The 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup will be staged in Costa Rica from 10-28, August, 2022.

Ghana will face United States, the Netherlands and Japan in Group D of the FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup in Costa Rica.