Frederick Acheampong, the Management Committee Chairman of the Black Meteors, has announced that both the technical team and the playing body will be disbanded following their failure to qualify for the Olympic Games.
The Ghana U-23 team aimed to secure qualification for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. After a shaky 3-2 victory over Congo in their first match, they suffered a humiliating 5-1 defeat against Morocco, the host country.
In their final Group A game against Guinea, Ghana needed a win to advance to the semifinals and have a chance at Olympic qualification. However, they were held to a 1-1 draw, resulting in their elimination from the tournament and a missed opportunity to participate in the Olympic Games.
Discussing the future of the technical team led by Ibrahim Tanko, with assistance from Godwin Attram and Michael Osei, Acheampong stated that their objective was to qualify for the Olympics. Since they failed to achieve this goal, both the technical team and the playing body will be dissolved.
“This team was put together for the purpose of qualifying for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris and we failed to qualify so obviously, it will be dissolved,” he told 3Sports.
Regarding the possibility of the Executive Council appointing a new technical team or allowing the current coach to continue, Acheampong clarified that such decisions lie within the authority of the Executive Council, not himself.
“If it happens that Executive Council will discuss and consider another appointment or want the coach to continue, that will be in the powers of the Executive Council. I am not in the position to say whether they will continue or not because I don’t make the appointment in terms of the national teams. It is the decision of the Executive Council.
“The team stands dissolved because we failed to qualify for the Olympic Games and we don’t have any tournaments coming up next year,” he added.
Ghana concluded their group stage with four points. The Black Meteors’ last appearance in the Olympic Games was in 2004 in Athens, Greece.
