Cameroon to Face Ivory Coast in Qualifiers
Either Cameroon or Ivory Coast will miss out on the 2022
World Cup in Qatar after the teams were drawn against each other in the second
round of African qualifying.
Either the Lions of Cameroon or the Elephants of CIwill miss the World Cup in Quarter in 2022
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Cameroon’s
Indomitable Lions have represented Africa at a record seven World Cups, while
Ivory Coast have made three appearances.
Two
other groups feature two teams that have both played at football’s greatest
global event in the past.
Ghana and
South Africa clash in Group G along with Zimbabwe and Ethiopia, while Egypt and
Angola meet in Group F alongside Gabon and Libya.
Egypt
were one of Africa’s five representatives at the last World Cup – alongside
Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia – and all will believe they have a decent
chance of reaching the third and final round in November 2021.
In
Group B, Tunisia meet Zambia, Mauritania and Equatorial Guinea while Nigeria
face Cape Verde, Central African Republic and Liberia in Group C.
Group H
pits Senegal against Congo, Namibia and Togo, while Morocco will meet Sudan and
both Guinea and Guinea-Bissau in Group I.
The
first round of group games will begin in has moved the first round of group
games to October 2020 and finish in October 2021, prior to a final round of
play-offs in November 2021.
Only
the 10 group winners will progress to the final play-off round, where
two-legged ties will decide Africa’s five World Cup representatives.
The
qualifiers had been due to begin this March but the Confederation of African
Football postponed them after re-scheduling the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations from
a June kick-off to a January one.
The
first round of African qualifying saw the continent’s 28 lowest-ranked sides
compete over two legs, with the winners progressing to join the 26 nations
given byes into the second stage.
• Group A: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Niger, Djibouti
• Group B: Tunisia, Zambia, Mauritania,
Equatorial Guinea
• Group C: Nigeria, Cape Verde, Central African Republic,
Liberia
• Group D: Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Malawi
• Group E: Mali, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda
• Group F: Egypt, Gabon, Libya, Angola
• Group G: Ghana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia
• Group H: Senegal, Congo, Namibia, Togo
• Group I: Morocco, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan
• Group J: DR Congo, Benin, Madagascar, Tanzania
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