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Edo Queens of Nigeria have won the WAFU Zone B Women\u2019s Champions League qualifying tournament after beating Ghana\u2019s Ampem Darkoa Ladies 4-1 on penalties following a 2-2 draw in Ouagadougou.<\/p>\n
The final was delayed for more than an hour because of heavy rain and strong winds, but once play began Ampem Darkoa made a fast start.<\/p>\n
Berline Nyarko opened the scoring after just two minutes, firing home from close range to give the Ghanaian champions an early lead.<\/p>\n
Edo Queens responded quickly, with Dooshima Tarnum equalising to make it 1-1 before half-time.<\/p>\n
Ampem Darkoa regained the lead in the second half after Nancy Amoh was brought down in the penalty area.<\/p>\n
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Nyarko stepped up to convert the spot-kick for her second goal of the match and put the Ghanaian side back in front.<\/p>\n
Edo Queens, however, refused to give in and substitute Oluebube Umejiaku scored a late equaliser to force the contest into a penalty shootout.<\/p>\n
The Nigerian champions were the more composed side from the spot, winning 4-1 to secure the regional title and qualify for the CAF Women\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n
Their triumph completed a strong campaign in Burkina Faso, having beaten hosts USFA 5-1 in the semi-finals before overcoming Ampem Darkoa in the final.<\/p>\n
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Edo Queens also dominated the individual awards.<\/p>\n
Doosuur Anastasia Atume won the Golden Boot after finishing the tournament with four goals and five assists, while 16-year-old teammate Oluwakemi Adegbuyi was named the competition\u2019s best player and received the Golden Ball.<\/p>\n
Ampem Darkoa goalkeeper Rose Teye Baah was named Goalkeeper of the Tournament after a series of impressive performances.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Burkina Faso\u2019s USFA claimed third place with a 4-1 victory over FC Dynamique of Benin.<\/p>\n
Dielawelea Stephanie Sow scored twice, while Deborah Guira and Windkuuni Leslie also found the net for USFA. Ijeoma Anagha scored Dynamique\u2019s consolation goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Published: Sunday, 06 September 2026 Edo Queens of Nigeria have won the WAFU Zone B Women\u2019s Champions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-339401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}