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Asamoah Gyan says Ghana is getting used to the World Cup after the West African country discovered their group in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
The Black Stars have been housed in Group I alongside Mali, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Comoros and Chad.
Gyan, who has retired as the country's all-time top scorer, was among the CAF legends who conducted the 2026 World Cup African qualifiers draw in Ivory Coast on Thursday.
The former Ghana captain remains confident about his country's chances despite the tricky nature of the group.
"Since 2006 when we qualified for the first time to 2022, I think we have been consistent except in 2018 when we did not qualify," he said.
"I think we (Ghana) are getting used to the World Cup and the 2026 World Cup qualifiers are not going to be easy, expectations are high but we will try our possible to ensure we qualify for the World Cup," he added.
The four-time African champions are seeking a fifth World Cup appearance after their maiden participation in 2006, 2010, 2014 and the last edition in Qatar last year.
Black Stars are the only side in Group I to have ever made it to the finals of the global showpiece as Mali, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Comoros, and Chad have never qualified before.
The nine groups will play in a home and away, round-robin, format with each of the group winners qualifying automatically for the FIFA World Cup 26.
The four best group runners-up will then compete in a play-off stage to determine CAF’s representative at the FIFA playoff tournament.
The FIFA play-off tournament will feature one team from each of FIFA's six confederations, except UEFA, plus one additional team from the host confederation (Concacaf).
Two of the six teams will be seeded based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.
The seeded teams will play for a FIFA World Cup berth against the winners of the first two knockout games involving the four unseeded teams
The Black Stars have been housed in Group I alongside Mali, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Comoros and Chad.
Gyan, who has retired as the country's all-time top scorer, was among the CAF legends who conducted the 2026 World Cup African qualifiers draw in Ivory Coast on Thursday.
The former Ghana captain remains confident about his country's chances despite the tricky nature of the group.
"Since 2006 when we qualified for the first time to 2022, I think we have been consistent except in 2018 when we did not qualify," he said.
"I think we (Ghana) are getting used to the World Cup and the 2026 World Cup qualifiers are not going to be easy, expectations are high but we will try our possible to ensure we qualify for the World Cup," he added.
The four-time African champions are seeking a fifth World Cup appearance after their maiden participation in 2006, 2010, 2014 and the last edition in Qatar last year.
Black Stars are the only side in Group I to have ever made it to the finals of the global showpiece as Mali, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Comoros, and Chad have never qualified before.
The nine groups will play in a home and away, round-robin, format with each of the group winners qualifying automatically for the FIFA World Cup 26.
The four best group runners-up will then compete in a play-off stage to determine CAF’s representative at the FIFA playoff tournament.
The FIFA play-off tournament will feature one team from each of FIFA's six confederations, except UEFA, plus one additional team from the host confederation (Concacaf).
Two of the six teams will be seeded based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.
The seeded teams will play for a FIFA World Cup berth against the winners of the first two knockout games involving the four unseeded teams