Ghana’s quest to end a 37-year title hiatus in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in the 2019 edition, will begin with Benin on Tuesday, June 25, at 20:00GMT.<\/p>\n
This was revealed after the tournament’s draw was held in Cairo, Egypt last Friday.<\/p>\n
With the tournament’s new 24-team structure, Ghana’s group has the second and third most successful sides in the tournament’s history behind Egypt the host.<\/p>\n
The Black Stars, who are four-time winners have been a pit with Cameroon, who won their fifth continental crown last time and were originally set to host the competition, as well as Benin and Guinea-Bissau in Group F.<\/p>\n
The Black Stars would base in Ismalia for their Group F fixtures.<\/p>\n
The team would play their second match in the tournament on Saturday, June 29, at 17:00 GMT, with Cameroon and play Guinea-Bissau in their last group fixture on Tuesday, July 2 at 16:00 GMT is Suez.<\/p>\n
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) promises some mouthwatering clashes when it kicks off in Egypt later this year.<\/p>\n
The action would kick off on 21 June with the finals scheduled to be played on 19 July.<\/p>\n
The tournament would be played at six venues across Egypt with three in Cairo and one each in Alexandria, Ismailia and Suez.<\/p>\n
Here is the full draw and fixtures for Ghana:<\/p>\n
Group A<\/strong><\/p>\n Egypt (hosts), Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe<\/p>\n Group B<\/strong><\/p>\n Nigeria, Guinea, Madagascar, Burundi<\/p>\n Group C<\/strong><\/p>\n Senegal, Algeria, Kenya, Tanzania<\/p>\n Group D<\/strong><\/p>\n Morocco, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Namibia<\/p>\n Group E<\/strong><\/p>\n Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania, Angola<\/p>\n Group F<\/strong><\/p>\n Cameroon (holders), Ghana, Benin, Guinea-Bissau<\/p>\n The top two finishers in each group and four best teams qualify for second round.<\/p>\n -Tue, June 25<\/strong><\/p>\n -Cameroon 17:00 Guinea-Bissau<\/p>\n Ismailia Stadium<\/p>\n -Ghana 20:00 Benin<\/p>\n Ismailia Stadium<\/p>\n *Sat, June 29<\/strong><\/p>\n -Cameroon 17:00 Ghana<\/p>\n Ismailia Stadium<\/p>\n -Benin 20:00 Guinea-Bissau<\/p>\n Ismailia Stadium<\/p>\n *Tue, July 2<\/strong><\/p>\n -Benin 16:00 Cameroon<\/p>\n Ismailia Stadium<\/p>\n -Guinea-Bissau 16:00 Ghana<\/p>\n Suez Stadium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ghana’s quest to end a 37-year title hiatus in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in the 2019 edition, will begin with Benin on Tuesday, June 25, at 20:00GMT. This was revealed after the tournament’s draw was held in Cairo, Egypt last Friday. With the tournament’s new 24-team structure, Ghana’s group has the second and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[85],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-afcon"],"yoast_head":"\n