{"id":44864,"date":"2025-11-26T09:06:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=44864"},"modified":"2025-11-26T09:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:08:03","slug":"ghana-to-know-2026-world-cup-by-december5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ghana-to-know-2026-world-cup-by-december5\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana to know 2026 World Cup opponents by December,5."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Ghana has been placed in Pot 4 for the 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage draw, which will take place in Washington, D.C. on December 5,2025.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\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     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div>Morocco and Senegal are in Pot 2, while Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, and South Africa form part of Pot 3, with Ghana in Pot 4 as one of the least-ranked sides.<\/div>\n<div>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Richardson Takyi Jnr makes injury return\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/richardson-takyi-jnr-makes-injury-return\/\">Richardson Takyi Jnr makes injury return<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The Black Stars join Jordan, Cabo Verde, Cura\u00e7ao, Haiti, New Zealand, the four UEFA play-off winners, and the two FIFA Play-Off Tournament qualifiers in Pot 4.<\/div>\n<div>Ghana is likely to face tougher oppositions in global football such as Spain, Argentina, or England, Croatia, Japan, a South American opposition depending on how the draw unfolds.<\/div>\n<div>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Week 11 Review : Kotoko, Hearts of Oak held Swedru All Blacks pick vital away win\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/week-11-review-kotoko-hearts-of-oak-held-swedru-all-blacks-pick-vital-away-win\/\">Week 11 Review : Kotoko, Hearts of Oak held Swedru All Blacks pick vital away win<\/a><\/div>\n<div>The Black Stars will know their opponents by December 5,2025.<\/div>\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     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana has been placed in Pot 4 for the 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage draw, which will take place in Washington, D.C. on December 5,2025. Morocco and Senegal are in Pot 2, while Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, and South Africa form part of Pot 3, with Ghana in Pot 4 as one of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":43851,"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":[17014,8417],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2026-fifa-world-cup","8":"category-featured"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Black-Stars-vs-Nigeria-22.jpg?fit=2560%2C2170&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-bFC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31259,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/breaking-ghana-to-face-nigeria-world-cup-qualifiers-final-round\/","url_meta":{"origin":44864,"position":0},"title":"Breaking: Ghana to face Nigeria in World Cup Qualifiers Final round","author":"Admin","date":"January 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Ghana Black Stars will face the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the World Cup Qualifiers final round, Black Stars will beat rivals to make it to the World Cup. 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