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FIFA finalises WCQ for 2022
Namibia team picture (back row l-r) Manfred Starke, Willem Mwedihanga, Lloyd Kazapua, Benson Shilongo, Ryan Nyambe, Ronald Ketjijere (front row l=r_ Petrus Shitembi, Larry Horaeb, Peter Shalulile, Chris Katjiukua, Deon Hotto during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Finals match between South Africa and Namibia at Al Salam Stadium in Cairo, Egypt on 28 June 2019 © Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix
Sunday Sep 01, 2019. 11:00
FIFA have finalised the schedule of African World Cup qualifying matches over the next 10 days as the 28 lowest-ranked nations on the continent begin the road to Qatar in 2022.
The 14 knockout. ties are being played over two legs, starting on Wednesday and concluding next Tuesday.
The winners advance to the next stage where they will be joined by 26 countries handed a bye into the second round.
All of Africa’s 54 member nations have entered the preliminaries but only five will qualify for the 32-nation field.
The full fixture list is:
First round, first leg
Wednesday, September 4
Burundi v Tanzania, Bujumbura
Djibouti v Eswatini, Djibouti
Eritrea v Namibia, Asmara
Ethiopia v Lesotho, Bahir Dar
Liberia v Sierra Leone, Monrovia
Mauritius v Mozambique, Belle Vue
Sao Tome e Principe v Guinea Bissau, Sao Tome
South Sudan v Equatorial Guinea, Khartoum (Sudan)
Thursday, September 5
Chad v Sudan, Ndjamena
Seychelles v Rwanda, Mahe
Somalia v Zimbabwe, Djibouti
Friday, September 6
Comoros Islands v Togo, Moroni
Gambia v Angola, Banjul
Saturday, September 7
Botswana v Malawi, Francistown
First round, second leg
Sunday, September 8
Equatorial Guinea v South Sudan, Malabo
Lesotho v Ethiopia, Maseru
Sierra Leone v Liberia, Freetown
Tanzania v Burundi, Dar-es-Salaam
Zimbabwe v Somalia, Bulawayo
Tuesday, September 10
Angola v Gambia, Luanda
Eswatini v Djibouti, Manzini
Guinea Bissau v Sao Tome e Principe, Bissau
Malawi v Botswana, Blantyre
Mozambique v Mauritius, Maputo
Namibia v Eritrea, Windhoek
Rwanda v Seychelles, Kigali
Sudan v Chad, Khartoum
Togo v Comoros Islands, Lome
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