Ghana Miss Out On AFCON 2025 Qualification After Draw With Angola

Black Stars of Ghana’s hopes of qualifying for next year’s AFCON was ended after they played a 1-1 draw away to Angola in Group F on Friday.

This is the first time Ghana will fail to qualify for the AFCON since the 2004 edition in Tunisia.

The four-time AFCON winners needed an outright win to keep their hopes of qualifying alive after failing to win their previous four games going into Friday’s clash.

Jordan Ayew scored on 18 minutes in Luanda only for Ambrosini Salvador to equalise after 64 minutes for already-qualified Group F winners Angola.

The draw left Ghana bottom of the table, four points adrift of Sudan in the second qualifying place, with one round left, and AFCON finals absentees for the first time since 2004.

Ghana, lacking eight of the original squad due to injuries, including Bournemouth striker Antoine Semenyo, reserved their best performance for the penultimate round, but it was not enough.

At the 2021 and 2023 AFCONs in Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana crashed out in the group stage.