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Ghana drawn alongside Cameroon, Guinea and Madagascar

The Black Starlets will be playing against hosts Madagascar, Cameroon and Guinea in group A of the 2017 CAF U-17 Championship.

Group B has Mali, Congo, Angola and Niger.

The draw which was done on Monday in Cairo Egypt was conducted by CAF Secretary General, Hicham El Amrani and was assisted by CAF 1st Vice president Almamy Kabele Camara.

Kweku Ayiah, the management Committee chairman of the Black Starlets said after the draw that the group is a manageable one.

“I think the draw is manageable. There are two other teams, Guinea and Cameroon, with a similar style of play like Ghana," he said.

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“The only country that does not play the same style is Madagascar, the host. When it comes to such competitions, Ghana always stands tall and so qualifying from that group won’t be a problem.”

The final tournament was 2–16 April 2017 with the semi-finalists qualifying for the FIFA U-17 World Cup next year in India.

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