Ghana’s Female U17 Side miss out on the 2022 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in India following a 4-2 penalty shoot out loss in Rabat.

Ghana went into the game with a 2-0 win in the first leg at the Accra Sports Stadium.

In Rabat, the Moroccans sought to overturn a two-goal deficit from their defeat at the Accra Sports Stadium and started brightly through Fatima El Ghazouani’s 15th minute opener and missed a chance from the spot three minutes before the break.

After the restart, the North Africans resumed the contest on a high and profited from keeper Afi Amenyeku’s blunder to double their lead courtesy Samya Mansaoui in the 47th minute.

The hosts pushed for another but keeper Amenyeku made up for her earlier blunders to keep the visitors in the mix as they dragged the game into penalties after a 2-2 aggregate score.

A 4-2 win on penalties means Morocco are through to India 2022, having broken their final round losing jinx at home and also become the first North African side to qualify for the finals.

The Maidens after the loss will miss the U17 Women’s World Cup for the first time, having featured in the last six editions of the competition.