January date for Qatar 2022 Africa’s World Cup play-off draw

January date for Qatar 2022 Africa’s World Cup play-off draw

Africa’s final Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying playoff draw has been rescheduled for January next year following the CAF decision in Cairo.

The draw was initially scheduled for 18 December 2021 but will now take place next year in January. The ten final teams will compete over a two-leg format.

The decision was reached during the Extraordinary General Assembly held a meeting in Cairo to discuss more issues related to African football, including the 2021 African Super Cup game set to be played in Qatar in February.

DR Congo, Ghana, Mali, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia won their respective groups to reach the final qualifying playoff phase for the 2022 World Cup.

According to the qualifying system, the teams will be seeded based on their January 2022 Fifa ranking, and a draw will be conducted for the five ties expected to be played in March 2021.

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Sierra Leone striker Alhaji Kamara continues with his fine form helping his Danish side Randers to a 2-1 victory over Romanian CFR Cluj at their Cepheus Park Randers.

Kamara, 27, scored his second in the competition and Rangers first of the day with a right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner assisted by Mikkel Kallesøe.

The visitors (CFR Cluj) draw parity from Ciprian Ioan Deac header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner, assisted by Mateo Susic with a cross.

Randers winner came in the 76th-minute through Simon Piesinger (Randers FC) from a free-kick with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner.

Dutch side AZ Alkmaar had already won the group in 1st place with 11 points, followed by Randers on 7 points in 2nd place, while Czech FK Jablonec takes 3rd place with 6 points. CFR Cluj is last with 1 point. 

Before the tie, Randers was undefeated in this year’s group game. The win was their first in Group D. They will play the last group game on December 9 at 18.45 away against Dutch AZ Alkmaar. 

At the AFAS stadium, it is going to be an exciting last game between AZ and visitors Randers in the last round of the UEFA Europa Conference League group stage. 

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Sierra Leone midfielder Alusine Koroma, who signed from RB Linense on loan to UD San Pedro, made his debut as his side suffered a 2-1 defeat to Huétor Vega on Sunday. 

Juan Antonio Guirado Rio had opened the scoring for the host in the 8-minutes, but their lead lasted for only two minutes.

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