Nigeria To Know World Cup Playoff Foes In Africa During AFCON In January 2022 

By Izuchukwu Okosi 

The draws for the 2022 FIFA World Cup playoffs in Africa according to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will hold during the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations to be held in Cameroon in January 2022.

The announcement was made Friday evening in Cairo at the 13th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly.

Nigeria’s Super Eagles reached the playoffs stages in a group that contained Cape Verde, Liberia and Central Africa Republic.

However the draws wgj h earlier expected to hold on 18 December 2021 will be determined by the FIFA rankings for the continent in January 2022 with the top five sides getting seeded.

Currently Nigeria are ranked 5th in Africa and is temporarily regarded as one of the seeded teams, a situation which might change when the draws are made on 26th January.

Izuchukwu Okosi

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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.

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