The African qualification or CAF 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers has begun from 4 September 2019 to March 2022 the team is the members of the Confederation of African Football(CAF). This qualification is only for African Confederation. There are a total of 5 slots in the final tournament are available for CAF teams.
In CAF there are 54 FIFA-affiliated football associations that entered qualification. For qualification in the first round, they will use the FIFA World Ranking of 2019 which will determine which nation will compete in the first round. And for the second the third draws they will use the FIFA World Cup ranking for the most recent time.
CAF 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers Teams and Schedule
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CAF 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Teams and Groups
Group A: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Niger, Djibouti
Group B: Tunisia, Zambia, Mauritania, Equatorial Guinea
Group C: Nigeria, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Liberia
Group D: Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Malawi
Group E: Mali, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda
Group F: Egypt, Gabon, Libya, Angola
Group G: Ghana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia
Group H: Senegal, Congo, Namibia, Togo
Group I: Morocco, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan
Group J: DR Congo, Benin, Madagascar, Tanzania
CAF 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers Schedule
This is the schedule for the qualification round. Some of the dates have been postponed/rescheduled, the dates of the matchdays 1-2 from the second round was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
First Round:
First leg: 4-7 September 2019
Second leg: 8-10 September 2019
Second Round:
Matchday 1: 1-4 September 2021
Matchday 2: 5-8 September 2021
Matchday 3: 6-9 October 2021
Matchday 4: 10-12 October 2021
Matchday 5: 11-13 November 2021
Matchday 6: 14-16 November 2021
Third Round:
First led: March 2022
Second leg: March 2022
First Round
| Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1-1 | Lesotho | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Somalia | 2-3 | Zimbabwe | 1-0 | 1-3 |
| Eritrea | 1-4 | Namibia | 1-2 | 0-2 |
| Burundi | (0-3) | Tanzania | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Djibouti | 2-1 | Eswatini | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Botswana | 0-1 | Malawi | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| The Gambia | 1-3 | Angola | 0-1 | 1-0 |
| Liberia | 3-2 | Sierra Leone | 3-1 | 0-1 |
| Mauritius | 0-3 | Mozambique | 0-1 | 0-2 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1-3 | Guinea-Bissau | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| South Sudan | 1-2 | Equatorial Guinea | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Comoros | 1-3 | Togo | 1-1 | 0-2 |
| Chad | 1-3 | Sudan | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| Seychelles | 0-10 | Rwanda | 0-3 | 0-7 |
Second round –
| Group A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S. No | Teams | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Algeria | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Niger | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Djibouti | 6 | 0 |
| Group B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S.No | Teams | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Tunisia | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Zambia | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Mauritania | 6 | 2 |
| Group C | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S. No | Teams | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Nigeria | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Cape Verde | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Liberia | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | The Central African Republic | 6 | 4 |
| Group D | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S. No | Teams | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Cameroon | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Ivory Coast | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Mozambique | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | Malawi | 6 | 3 |
| Group E | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S.No | Teams | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Mali | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Uganda | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Kenya | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Rwanda | 6 | 1 |
| Group F | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S. No | Teams | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Egypt | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Gabon | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Libya | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Angola | 6 | 4 |
| Group G | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S.No | Teams | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Ghana | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | South Africa | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 6 | 5 |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 6 | 2 |
| Group H | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S. No | Teams | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Senegal | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Togo | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Namibia | 6 | 5 |
| 4 | Congo | 6 | 3 |
| Group I | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S. No | Teams | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | Morocco | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Guinea-Bissau | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Guinea | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | Sudan | 6 | 3 |
| Group J | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| S. No | Teams | Pld | Pts |
| 1 | DR Congo | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Benin | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Tanzania | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | Madagascar | 6 | 4 |
Third round –
Matches
The Third round will be start in 2022 all the scheduled have been made.
