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Ghana's Black Princesses have been drawn in Group E of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to be staged in Colombia.

The draw for the tournament was done on Wednesday, June 5.

Yussif Basigi's side will come up against Japan, New Zealand and Austria at the 2024 edition of the tournament.

Japan won their first title during the 2018 edition, beating Spain in the final. They finished second also in 2022 losing to Spain.

New Zealand's best finish at this level was in the quarterfinal stage in 2014 while Austria will be making their first appearance.

The 24 qualified teams were divided into six groups of four teams each for the final competition following an increase in participating teams from 16 to 24 countries.

Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Morocco will be hoisting the flag of Africa at the competition.

Yussif Basigi and Hannah Ofosu Asare, Administrative manager of the National Teams Department were present for the draw.

In their six previous attempts, Ghans has failed to go past the group stage but will be hoping to break that jinx in Colombia.

The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup will kick off in Colombia from Saturday, August 31 to Sunday, September 22, 2024.

Here is the full draw:

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