Black Queens depart for Ivory Coast for WAFU Zone B Women's Nations Cup

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The Black Queens of Ghana have left for Ivory Coast to play in the inaugural WAFU Zone B Women's Nations Cup which starts on Wednesday.

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Sellas Tetteh will face hosts Ivory Coast in the opening match at the Houphouet Boigny Stadium.

They will also face Niger and Burkina Faso.

The eight-team tournament has Nigeria's Super Falcons, Togo, Benin and Senegal [Zone A country] in Pool B.

The WAFU tournament will be played between 14-24 February.

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Two stadia will be used for the tournament are the Robert Champroux Stadium and the Parc des Sports.

The team left the shores of the country on Sunday without captain Elizabeth Addo.

Below is the full squad:

Goalkeepers:

Patricia Mantey

Nana Ama Asantewa

Fafali Dumashinu

Defenders:

Gladys Amfobea

Janet Egyir

Ellen Coleman

Phelicity Asuoko

Grace Asare

Faustina Ampah

Midfielders:

Juliet Acheampong,

Mavis Owusu

Grave Asantewa

Priscilla Okyere

Jane Ayieyam

Portia Boakye

Leticia Zikpi

Rita Okyere

Forwards:

Priscilla Saahene

Ruth Appiah

Ernestina Tetteh

Alice Kusi