GHANA : HOW THEY QUALIFIED

After dropping a 1-0 decision to Burkina Faso in the first game of African Group 2, Ghana rebounded and beat South Africa, the host of the 2010 World Cup, in both encounters, 3-0 and 2-0. They finished atop the group at 6-1-3, 21 points ahead of the Democrat Republic of the Congo and South Africa. The clincher came in a 4-0 triumph at the Cape Verde Islands on October 8, 2005. Frimpong Asamoah gave Ghana all the scoring it needed in the fifth minute. Sulley Muntari, Asamoah Gyan and Godwin Attram also added goals.

QUALIFYING RESULTS
6/5/04 Burkina Faso 1, Ghana 0
6/20/04 Ghana 3, South Africa 0
7/3/04 Uganda 1, Ghana 1
9/5/04 Ghana 2, Cape Verde Islands 0
10/10/04 Ghana 0, DR Congo 0
3/27/05 DR Congo 1, Ghana 1
6/5/05 Ghana 2, Burkina Faso 1
6/18/05 South Africa 0, Ghana 2
9/4/05 Ghana 2, Uganda 0
10/8/05 Cape Verde Islands 0, Ghana 4