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Africa’s 2022 World Cup Playoffs Draw To Hold January 22 In Douala, Cameroon

The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations may be starting today (Sunday 9 January, 2022) but the Executive Committee of the Confederations of African Football (CAF) have announced that the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying play-offs draw will be made on January 22 in Douala, Cameroon.

According to the ranking published in November 2021 after the last round, five top ranked teams Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Nigeria will be in Pot one.

While Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali and DR Congo will be in Pot two.

The five highest ranked teams will play against the five least ranked teams (the first leg will be played at home of the lower ranked teams).

Meanwhile, the EXCO also announced that the Côte d’Ivoire 2023 AFCON qualifying draw will also hold in Douala on 21 January 2022.

The preliminary round will be played by a knock-out system: home and away format.

Izuchukwu Okosi

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. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.