{"id":339533,"date":"2026-09-06T20:48:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/339533\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T20:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:48:47","slug":"ampem-darkoa-lose-wafu-b-final-to-edo-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/339533\/","title":{"rendered":"Ampem Darkoa lose WAFU B final to Edo Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"wcl-news-perex\" itemprop=\"description\">Ampem Darkoa Ladies have missed out on qualification for the 2026 CAF Women\u2019s Champions League after losing to Nigeria\u2019s Edo Queens in the final of the WAFU Zone B qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian champions were beaten 4-1 on penalties after the final ended 2-2 after 90 minutes at the August 4 Stadium in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Ampem Darkoa made a perfect start to the contest when Beline Nyarko put them ahead just two minutes into the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.com\/team\/edo-queens\/SvjhfPzB\/\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edo Queens<\/a> responded almost immediately, with Doosuur Anastasia Atume restoring parity two minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides remained level for much of the match before Nyarko struck again in the 74th minute to put Ampem Darkoa back in front.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian champions looked set to hold on for the regional title, but Edo Queens produced a late comeback when Oluebube Umejiaku scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time to make it 2-2 and force the match into a penalty shootout.<\/p>\n<p>Edo Queens proved more composed from the spot, converting all four of their penalties, while Ampem Darkoa scored only one of their attempts to lose the shootout 4-1.<\/p>\n<p>The victory secured Edo Queens the sole WAFU Zone B ticket to the 2026 CAF Women\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>The defeat is a disappointing end to what had otherwise been an impressive campaign for Ampem Darkoa.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian champions had won all four of their matches before the final, including a 2-1 victory over Edo Queens in the group stage. They went on to beat Benin&#8217;s FC Dynamique 4-1 in the semi-final, with Milot Pokuaa scoring twice.<\/p>\n<p>Edo Queens, meanwhile, reached the final after defeating hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.com\/team\/usfas-bamako\/hltOrbye\/\" data-analytics-element=\"ARTICLE_TEXT_LINK\" data-analytics-alias=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USFA<\/a> 5-1 in their semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>Despite losing to Ampem Darkoa in the group stage, the Nigerian champions recovered when it mattered most to claim the WAFU B title and book their place in the continental competition.<\/p>\n<p>For Ampem Darkoa, the result means their hopes of returning to the CAF Women\u2019s Champions League have ended, with Ghana once again missing out on representation in the competition.<\/p>\n<p><img crossorigin=\"anonymous\" class=\"wcl-image_vG4MA\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a0affce2-3f5c-4f74-a636-887dee6062a0.jpg\" alt=\"Author\" title=\"Author\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>AuthorFlashscore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ampem Darkoa Ladies have missed out on qualification for the 2026 CAF Women\u2019s Champions League after losing to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-339533","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\/339533","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=339533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}