The African Football Confederation (CAF) on Sunday announced the dates for the preliminary round of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifiers.
The 26 highest ranked teams, according to the official FIFA ranking will be exempted from the preliminary round leaving 28 participating teams. Of these 28 teams, the 14 highest ranked teams according to the FIFA ranking will play against the 14 least ranked teams.
The 28 teams are Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Namibia, Angola, Guinea Bissau, Malawi, Togo, Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Lesotho, Comoros, Botswana, Burundi, Ethiopia, Liberia, Mauritius, Gambia, South Sudan, Chad, Sao Tom e Principe, Seychelles, Djibouti, Somalia and Eritrea. The draw for the preliminary round will take place on Monday, 29 July 2019, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.
The 14 winning teams from the Preliminary Round will join the 26 exempted teams for the Group Stage, which will have 10 groups of 4 teams each. The draw for the groups will be based on the seeding of the 40 teams into 4 Pots according to the official ranking of FIFA. Each group will contain a team from each of the pot.
The winners of the 10 groups will be divided into 2 Pots based on the official ranking of FIFA. The five (5) highest-ranked teams according to the official FIFA ranking will play against the 5 least ranked teams (the 1st leg will be played at home of the lower-ranked teams).
The five winners will qualify to represent Africa at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
(Source: QNA)
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