2020–21 Ghana Women's Premier League final explained
The 2020–21 Ghana Women's Premier League Final was an association football match which was played on 26th June 2021 Madina Astroturf in Accra, the capital of Ghana to determine winner of the Ghana Women's Premier League, the top tier women's league in Ghana. The two teams that qualified to the final were the winners of the two zones, the Northern Zone and the Southern Zone. between the two most successful women's team. At the end of the match Hasaacas Ladies won the match and won the league.[1] [2] [3] Winners the final were set earn a trophy along with a cash prize of GHC50,000 and 40 gold medals, whilst qualifying for the CAF Women's Champions League.[4]
Route to the final
See main article: 2020–21 Ghana Women's Premier League.
Match
Background
Hasaacas Ladies finished the season as the winners of the Southern Zone losing only a match. Ampem Darkoa Ladies emerged as the winners of the Northern Zone after going the whole season unbeaten.[5] [6] The two teams are the most successful women's team in Ghana. Prior to the final, Hasaacas had won the league on three occasions winning their last in 2014–15, whilst Ampem Darkoa had won the league two times last winning the league in 2017, therefore serving as the defending champions since the league was truncated in the 2018, and 2019–20 season.[7]
Ampem Darkoa's Ophelia Serwaa Amponsah was the Championship's top scorer during the regular season with 17 goals while Veronica Appiah and Milot Abena Pokua were Hasaacas' leading scorers with 9 goals each, followed by Doris Boaduwaa on 8.[8]
Summary
The match was initially set to start at 4:00pm, but due to a heavy downpour it was scheduled to 5:15 pm for kick off.[9]
Details
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| GK | 22 |  Deborah Brown | | CB | 4 | Justice Tweneboaa (c) | | CB | 6 | Patience Kundok | | CB | 7 | Ophelia Amponsah | | RM | 8 | Sonia Opoku | | CM | 9 | Tracy Twum | | CM | 11 | Mawia Uwasia | | LM | 13 | Comfort Yeboah | | AM | 14 | Priscilla Okyere | | CF | 16 | Diana Antwi | | CF | 18 | Abena Opoku | | Substitutes: | | GK | 1 | Evelyn Yeboah | | DF | 2 | Comfort Frimpong | | DF | 3 | Mavis Owusu | | DF | 5 | Akyiaa Asante | | MF | 10 | Fatima Adjei | | MF | 20 | Mary Amponsah | | MF | 32 | Jennifer Ofosuwaa | | Head Coach: | | Joe Nana Adarkwa | |
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| GK | 16 | Grace Baanwa | | CB | 3 | Millot Pokuaa | | CB | 5 | Janet Egyir (c) | | CB | 10 | Doris Boaduwaa | | DM | 11 | Faustina Aidoo | | RM | 13 | Evelyn Badu | | CM | 18 | Regina Antwi | | CM | 20 | Queenabel Amankwaah | | LM | 25 | Comfort Owusu | | CF | 28 | Veronica Appiah | | CF | 34 | Azumah Bugre | | Substitutes: | | GK | 1 | Faustina Nyamekye | | DF | 2 | Francisca Asante | | DF | 6 | Perpetual Agyekum | | DF | 14 | Ama Appiah | | DF | 15 | Success Ameyaa | | MF | 27 | Doreen Copson | | MF | 8 | Lily Niber-Lawrence | | Head Coach: | | Yusif Basigi | |
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| Player of the Match: Sonia Opoku (Ampem Darkoa)
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Agency. Ghana News. Hasaacas Ladies wallop Ampem Darkoa Ladies to win 2020/21 Women’s Premier League News Ghana. live. 2021-08-04. News Ghana. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20210804234307/https://newsghana.com.gh/hasaacas-ladies-wallop-ampem-darkoa-ladies-to-win-2020-21-womens-premier-league/ . 4 August 2021 .
- Web site: Association. Ghana Football. Match Report: Hasaacas Ladies beat Ampem Darkoa to lift Premier League title. 2021-08-04. www.ghanafa.org. en.
- Web site: 2021-06-26. 2020/21 WPL: Hasaacas Ladies clinch title with 4-0 win over Ampem Darkoa. 2021-08-04. Footy-GHANA.com. en-GB.
- Web site: Ahmadu. Samuel. 7 November 2020. 2020/21 Ghana women’s league champions to get GHC50,000 in prize money Goal.com. live. 11 April 2021. www.goal.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411095830/https://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/202021-ghana-womens-league-champions-to-get-ghc50000-in/1i90oxwbrg2rl1angpxfl4xy6a . 11 April 2021 .
- Web site: Ghana (Women) 2021. 2021-06-26. RSSSF.
- Web site: Association. Ghana Football. Women's League Standings. 2021-04-11. www.ghanafa.org. en.
- Web site: Association. Ghana Football. 2020/21 Women’s Premier League round up. 2021-08-16. www.ghanafa.org. en.
- Web site: 8 June 2021. - 1️⃣4️⃣. live. 26 June 2021. Women's Premier League-Southern Zone FB page. https://web.archive.org/web/20210626235514/https://www.facebook.com/WPLSouthernZone/photos/a.104641101609959/172941114779957 . 26 June 2021 .
- Web site: 2021-06-26. Hasaacas Ladies thrash Ampem Darkoa in Women’s Premier League final. 2021-06-27. GhanaSoccernet. en.
