CAF Reduces Ghanaian teams in club competitions

CCRA — The African Football Confederation (CAF) has determined to reduce the number of Ghanaian teams competing in continental club competitions, the Ghanaian Football Association (GFA) announced on Monday.

Ghana, which used to boast two legislative bodies in the Champions League and two in the Confederation Cup, will now have just one team in each competition from next season onwards due to "insufficient results".

Asante Kotoko of Kumasi was the last Ghanaian team to qualify for the final eight-team phase of both the Champions League, in 2006, and the second-tier Confederation Cup, in 2008.

Ghanaian teams have also become one and the same with repeated withdrawals from continental tournaments.

Hearts of Oak, national champions in 2009, did not compete in the 2010 Champions League and teams from Ghana also pulled out of the integration Cup in 2007 and 2009. In 2011, Ghana will be represented in the Champions League by Aduana and in the Confederation Cup by AshantiGold, who finished first and second correspondingly in the 2010 national championship.