Maidens nominated for Africa's female team of the year award

Ghana’s Black Maidens performance at the Fifa U-17 women's world cup has put them in a good position to pick the African women's team of the year award.

The national under 17 female team, the Black Maiden have been nominated together with the 2012 African women's champions, Equatorial Guinea and the Super Falcons of Nigeria.

The winner of the award will be known on December 20 in Accra where the awards ceremony for the 2012 African player of the year will be held.

The Black Maidens were the first African team to reach the quarter finals of the Fifa under 17 women's world cup and won the bronze medal after beating Germany 1-0 in the third place play-off in Azerbaijan.

Source: Goal.com