Black Princesses head coach Yussif Basigi has revealed his team's priority is to advance from the group stage of the upcoming FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Ghana qualified for its seventh successive World Cup at that level and will be one of four countries to represent the African continent.
This year's tournament will be hosted in Colombia with the Black Princesses hoping to make it out of the group stage for the first time.
The team had failed to go beyond the first stage in their six previous attempts between 2012 and 2022.
However, Basigi is hoping the story is different in South America.
"I know Ghanaians are expecting us to go beyond the group stage, that is a paramount expectation. We also have it in mind," he said in an interview with the Ghana Football Association Media.
"I was there [in the past] and it didn't work...For now, I would say we have gotten support from the FA and the ministry for our training sessions.
"So the expectation from Ghanaians is also what we are expecting; to go beyond the group stage before we can think of any other thing."
The team has been camping in Cape Coast for the past week ahead of the competition with Basigi and his technical team expected to cut down the number of players currently in camp.
The number of participating teams for the competition has been increased from 16 to 24 with Ghana drawn in the same group as one-time winners, Japan, as well as debutants, Austria and New Zealand.
The FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2024 will take place in Colombia from 31 August to 22 September.
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