{"id":44114,"date":"2025-06-25T19:39:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=44114"},"modified":"2025-06-25T19:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:39:25","slug":"were-not-favourites-black-queens-coach-on-wafcon-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/were-not-favourites-black-queens-coach-on-wafcon-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re not favourites\u2019 \u2013 Black Queens coach on WAFCON 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Head coach of the Black Queens, Kim Lars Bjorkegren, has quelled suggestions of his side being one of the &#8216;favorites&#8217; ahead of the 2024 Women&#8217;s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Black Queens have been a the WAFCON on thirteen separate occasions but have failed to win any despite getting to the finals in 1998, 2002, and 2006.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"FIFA Club World Cup : Esperance de Tunis fall to Chelsea\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/fifa-club-world-cup-esperance-fall-to-chelsea-by-3-goals\/\">FIFA Club World Cup : Esperance de Tunis fall to Chelsea<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bjorkegren has rated his side&#8217;s chances ahead of the competition, debunking suggestions they can win the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ghana hasn&#8217;t won the title, and the last final was in 2006. So we&#8217;re not among the favorites,&#8221; he told CAFOnline.com.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I believe we can be a strong underdog. If we stick to the game plan and have a good day, we can beat any team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Al Ahly and Porto Battle to 4-4 Draw but Club World Cup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/al-ahly-and-porto-battle-to-4-4-draw-but-club-world-cup\/\">Al Ahly and Porto Battle to 4-4 Draw but Club World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Black Queens have won back-to-back friendly games against Malawi and Benin ending a spate of a single win in their five previous games.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head coach of the Black Queens, Kim Lars Bjorkegren, has quelled suggestions of his side being one of the &#8216;favorites&#8217; ahead of the 2024 Women&#8217;s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) &nbsp; The Black Queens have been a the WAFCON on thirteen separate occasions but have failed to win any despite getting to the finals in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":42895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8417,17043],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-wafcon-2024"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Kim-%40-BlackStars.png?fit=670%2C583&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-btw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43995,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/black-queens-squad-released-ahead-of-wafcon-pre-tournament-camp\/","url_meta":{"origin":44114,"position":0},"title":"Black Queens squad released ahead of WAFCON pre-tournament camp","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"June 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Black Queens head coach Kim Lars Bjorkegren has named a 24-player squad for pre-tournament preparations at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence. 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