Izuchukwu Okosi
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been drawn against eternal rivals, Black Stars of Ghana in the Playoff draws of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
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The draw ceremony for the final round of qualifiers of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup was held in Douala, Cameroon on Saturday evening.
In other parings, Egypt will do battle with Senegal, Cameroon drawn against Algeria, DR Congo and Morocco will face off, just Mali have Nigeria’s opponents in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 stage, the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia to contend with for the World Cup ticket.
The play-off games will hold on a home and away basis as match-dates will be staged March 24-29.
The five highest ranked teams will play away before hosting their opponents in the reverse fixture.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
