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4-nations tourney to be launched Tuesday

16 years ago
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Pairings for the four-nation tournament would be revealed during Tuesday’s launch of the competition by organisers, the Ghana Football Association.

The four-nation tournament would be played at the 40,000-seater Ohene Djan stadium in Accra - one of the match venues for the 2008 African Cup of Nations.

Host, Ghana together with Benin, Togo and the United Arab Emirates competing in the four-day competition which kicks off on November 17 and runs to November 21.

Tuesday’s launch would used to unveil the tournament’s main sponsor, Zenith Bank.

The tournament already has received corporate appeal with the Ghana Football Association managing to secure a satellite broadcast channel and an international mining firm to support the competition.

Ghana’s four-nation international tournament would be broadcast on international satellite TV network, AfriSat.

AfriSat completed the deal with the Ghana Football Association, the organisers of the competition for a fee of $175,000.

Aside the South African satellite channel, headline sponsors of the Black Stars, Gold Fields Ghana has also tagged their brand to the competition.

The mining company are one of the major sponsors of the competition after paying $130,000.

The tourney would afford Ghana coach, Claude Le Roy, the chance to see his team play and react before an expectant home crowd before the African Cup of Nations kick off on January 20 - February 10.

Ghana would round up on international engagements ahead of the African Cup of Nations with the hosting of the four-nation tournament in November.