Ghana at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Ghana will compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022.[1] It will be Ghana's seventeenth appearance at the Games.

Ghana at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Ghana
CGF codeGHA
CGAGhana Olympic Committee
Websiteghanaolympic.org
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors2 (1 man and 1 woman) in 1 sport
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Competitors

Ghana received a quota of 40 open allocation slots from Commonwealth Sport.[2] This quota is used to determine the overall team in sports lacking a qualifying system.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Weightlifting 112
Total112

Badminton
Main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

By virtue of its position in the combined BWF World Ranking (as of 1 February 2022), Ghana qualified for the mixed team competition.[2]

Beach volleyball
Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

On 28 March 2022, Ghana qualified for the women's tournament. This was achieved by winning the African Qualifier in Accra.[3]

Hockey
Main article: Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

By virtue of its position in the FIH World Rankings for men and women respectively (as of 1 February 2022), Ghana qualified for both tournaments.[4][5]

Detailed fixtures were released on 9 March 2022.[6]

Summary

Key:

Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM / PM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Ghana men Men's tournament  England
  India
  Canada
  Wales
Ghana women Women's tournament  India
  England
  Wales
  Canada

Men's tournament
Main article: Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2  England (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th place match
4  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th place match
5  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th place match
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Host
29 July 2022
19:00
England  v  Ghana
Umpires:

31 July 2022
14:00
India  v  Ghana
Umpires:

1 August 2022
19:00
Ghana  v  Canada
Umpires:

3 August 2022
14:00
Wales  v  Ghana
Umpires:

Women's tournament
Main article: Hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's tournament
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th place match
4  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th place match
5  Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9th place match
Source: Birmingham 2022
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results.
(H) Host
29 July 2022
14:00
India  v  Ghana
Umpires:

30 July 2022
14:00
England  v  Ghana
Umpires:

1 August 2022
09:00
Wales  v  Ghana
Umpires:

2 August 2022
09:00
Ghana  v  Canada
Umpires:

Weightlifting
Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Two weightlifters qualified for the competition by virtue of their positions in the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List.[7]

Athlete Event Weight lifted Total Rank
Snatch Clean & jerk
Forrester Osei Men's 96 kg
Winnifred Ntumi Women's 49 kg

See also

References
  1. Etefe, Juliet (31 October 2021). "Commonwealth Games capable of strengthening country ties – Chikodi Onyemerela". B&FT Online. The Business & Financial Times. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. "Ghana's badminton team has secured [...]". Joy Sports (Facebook). 18 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Okine, Sammy Heywood (29 March 2022). "Ghana's Beach Volleyball female team win gold... qualifies for 2022 Commonwealth Games". ModernGhana. Modern Ghana Media Communication Ltd. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. "Lineup confirmed for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". FIH. 2 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. "Ghana's national hockey teams qualify for 2022 Commonwealth Games". Ghanaian Times. The New Times Corporation. Ghana News Agency. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. Zurek, Kweku (11 March 2022). "Commonwealth Games: Black Sticks begin hockey campaign on July 29". The Daily Graphic. GCGL. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  7. Okine, Sammy Heywood (14 March 2022). "Two Ghanaian weightlifters for 2022 Commonwealth Games". ModernGhana. Modern Ghana Media Communication Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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