Penalty Heartache Cost Queens Championship Place

Ghana will be missing at the 2012 Africa Women Championship following defeat to Cameroon in the second round qualifying. The Black Queens lost 9-10 on penalties in Yaound� on Sunday after drawing 1-1 in regulation time just like the first leg in Accra. The Black Queens looked to be heading for a win after taking a first half lead but the hosts leveled from a spot kick with three minutes remaining. And during penalties, Ghana fell short as Cameroon edged them to a place at the Africa Women Championship finals in Equatorial Guinea, later in November. Ghana will thus miss out on Africa�s flagship women�s football tournament for the first time since the inception of the biennial championship in 1998.