Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club PLC has announced a withdrawal from this year’s GHALCA Top-4 Tournament, citing a clash with its pre-arranged calendar.

The GHALCA Top‑4 Tournament is a pre‑season competition organised by the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA), featuring the top four clubs from the 2025/26 Ghana Premier League mostly in August, serving as a warm‑up ahead of the new league season.

In a formal statement dated August 11, the club informed its supporters and other stakeholders that“…the Club has decided to withdraw from the 2026 GHALCA Top-4 Tournament.

The decision has been taken due to clashes between the scheduled dates of the tournament and other pre-agreed programs of the Club. Additionally, considering the tournament's closeness to the commencement of the new league season…”

They explained that partaking in the tournament will disrupt its existing plans and schedule for the season.

“…the Club believes that participating at this time would present challenges to its existing preparations and commitments”, parts of the statement read.

Hearts continued that it had to take this decision following failed attempts to persuade organisers of the tournaments to reschedule to enable their participation.

Consequently, it had to withdraw, describing it as the “most appropriate course of action at this time”.

“The Club had earlier made efforts to engage the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) with a request for a change of date in order to enable Hearts of Oak to participate. Unfortunately, those efforts did not materialise into a change of schedule”, Hearts said.

Accra Hearts of Oak management went on to express its appreciation to GHALCA, emphasising that it remains committed to its relationship with the group despite the withdrawal.

“.. appreciates GHALCA's efforts in organising the 2026 Top-4 Tournament and wishes the Association and all participating clubs a successful competition. The Club remains committed to maintaining its cordial relationship and continued collaboration with GHALCA and the wider Ghana football community.