Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifiers: Black Queens to play Gabon in Accra in return leg

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Black Queens of Ghana will play Gabon at the Accra Sports Stadium in the return leg of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifiers on September 3.

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Coach Mercy Tagoe's side recorded a comfortable 3-0 win over Gabon in the first leg at the Stade Augustin Monedan in Libreville on Wednesday.

Goals from Elizabeth Owusuaa, Portia Boakye and Priscilla Okyere were enough to hand the Black Queens a huge advantage ahead of the return leg encounter in Ghana.

The second leg was scheduled for the Cape Coast Stadium but it has now been changed to the Accra Sports Stadium.

The winners on aggregate will face Malawi or Kenya in the next phase of the qualifiers.

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Only the ultimate champions of the qualifiers at the end of the fifth round are guaranteed a place at the Olympics.

The runners-up will have a playoff showdown with the second-placed nation from South America.

Ghana are chasing their first-ever qualification for the global showpiece.