The Black Stars must negotiate their way past the three-time African champions if they are to qualify for the global football showpiece
Article continues below
Nigeria have landed Ghana in the 2022 Fifa World Cup play-off draw while Algeria will face Cameroon.
The draw held on Saturday in Douala was steered by the Confederation of African Football director of competitions Samson Adamu while Senegal football great El Hadji Diouf and former Togo captain Emmanuel Adebayor assisted.
During the ceremony, the ten group winners from the second round were drawn into five home-and-away ties.
The final round of the #WCQ clashes has been announced!
For Augustine Eguavoen’s men – who will be hoping to qualify for the global football showpiece for the seventh time – they must negotiate their way past their eternal rivals, Black Stars.
En route qualifying for the 2002 edition co-hosted by South Korea and Japan, Nigeria and Ghana were pooled in Group B of the final round that had Liberia, Sudan and Sierra Leone.
The first leg staged at the Accra Sports Stadium ended 0-0, while the Super Eagles – handled by late Amodu Shaibu triumphed 3-0 in the reverse fixture.
A first-half brace from Tijani Babangida plus a strike from Victor Agali at the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt propelled Nigeria past the Ghanaians who finished fourth on the log.
Still fresh from their disappointing Africa Cup of Nations ouster, Ghana would be aiming to appease their fans by earning a fourth World Cup appearance.
The Black Stars host the first leg between March 24-29, 2022 while the Teslim Balogun Stadium will stage the second leg in the same month.
In another thrilling pairing, six-time African champions will square up against Aliou Cisse’s Lions of Teranga.
Elsewhere, Afcon 2021 host Cameroon must breeze past Algeria if they are to reach the World Cup for an African record eighth time.
Article continues below
Just like the Indomitable Lions, Djamel Belmadi’s Desert Warriors – who were sent packing from the group stage of the ongoing biennial African showpiece – failed to qualify for the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia.
Mali are craving to make their debut appearance at the quadrennial football fiesta, but they will have to subdue Tunisia to achieve their mission.
Lastly, DR Congo have been zoned against Morocco to complete the five play-off fixtures. Winners over two legs will represent Africa in Qatar scheduled to hold between 21 November – 18 December 2022.


CAF WC 2022 play-off draw recap


Egypt vs Senegal


Ghana vs Nigeria


Mali vs Tunisia


DR Congo vs Morocco


Cameroon Vs Algeria


lalasticlala mynd44 Seun honeric01 semid4lyfe

Enoch3721:

CAF WC 2022 play-off draw recap:
Egypt vs Senegal
Ghana vs Nigeria
Mali vs Tunisia
DR Congo vs Morocco
Cameroon vs Algeria
(games to be played 23-29 March)
Many thanks for joining us today for the
CAF x World Cup 2022 play-off draw. Good luck to all the nations involved and their supporters and in the meantime, look after yourselves. Cheers ; )
The Senegal-Egypt tie is destined to divide Liverpool fans with one of their star strikers in Mo Salah or Sadio Mané set to miss out at football's biggest party in November. Both sides have advanced to the Round of 16 stage at AFCON 2021, but it's fair to say that neither have found their rhythm at the competition.
Excellent draw from CAF, really well paced and with just enough chat and analysis from the former players and governing body officials. Fine job too from Mimi Fawaz in overseeing the draw procedure too.
Confirmation from CAF that the games will take place from 23-29 March with exact dates and kick-off times to be confirmed soon after CAF liaises with the involved FA's.
The two standout ties are undoubtedly
Senegal vs Egypt and the West African
Nigeria-Ghana match-ups.
CAF WC 2022 play-off draw recap:
Senegal vs Egypt
Ghana vs Nigeria
Tunisia vs Mali
DR Congo vs Morocco
Cameroon vs Algeria
The final game will see: Mali vs Tunisia
Match-up 4 sees....DR Congo and they will face Morocco
Next tie will see..... Ghana... the Black Stars who recently were knocked out of AFCON can get back on track as they face
Nigeria ! A massive West Africa derby !!!!
Game 2- Cameroon v Algeria
What a tie to open the draw !!! Inevitable Salah v Mane match-up!
Draw time .... first ball out from Pot 2 is ...... Egypt and they will face Senegal !!!!!
Quick goals reel video now showcasing the fine finishing finesse of the ten involved sides.
CAF's Samson Adamu now talks us through the draw procedure and explains how the ten teams are divided into two pots based on current FIFA rankings ....Good pace from the draw so far.... slick and smooth !
Adebayor will be manning Pot 1 which features: Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria & Nigeria
El Hadji Djiouf mans Pot 2 with contains the balls representing: Egypt, Mali, DR Congo, Ghana & Cameroon
Next up, today's special guests who will assist with the draw, Togolese legend
Adebayor and former Bolton and Liverpool player, Senegal's El Hadji Djiouf.
'African football will be amongst the best in the world' concludes Motsepe
Now, some words from CAF President
Patrice Motsepe.... He wants the CAF representatives at Qatar to build on the good work stated by the Cameroon team with Roger Milla at Italia 1990.
He reminds us that for the 2026 World Cup, CAF will have ten nations represented in the US/Mexico/Canada competition.
First up, some words from FIFA head Infantino who greets is via video-conference from Zurich-Doha ?
Nigerian-Lebanese sports journalist Mimi Fawaz is our presenter for today's draw
We're live in the draw room in Douala with a few scattered FA and socially distancing members from the involved nations in attendance along with a handful of media representatives.
One notable omission from today's draw is Ivory Coast with 'Les Elephants' finding themselves in a tough group with Malawi, Mozambique and eventual group winners Cameroon. One has to go back to Germany 2014 for their last appearance at a World Cup finals.
Hopefully CAF will adopt the UEFA approach of 'less is more' when it comes do drawing colored balls from large transparent glass bowls. With the usual video goals reel, chat from the former pros etc, today's entire draw should not take more than 30 minutes, it really depends on how long CAF want to draw the whole thing out for!
Jose Peseiro to oversee Super Eagles WC play-offs
Despite reviling the fortunes of Nigeria at AFCON and indeed winning the coach of the group stage award, Augustine Eguavoen will step aside upon the conclusion of the competition in Cameroon and step aside for new coach Peseiro who was named as the Super Eagles official successor to Gernot Rohr who was dismissed in December.
For those wondering how new press darlings Comoros fared in the CAF World Cup qualifying process, the island nation fell to Togo (3-1 agg) in the first qualifying round and failed to advance to the group stage.
The latest news surrounding Les Coelecantes who play their AFCON Round of 16 game on Monday against hosts Cameroon is that 12 of the squad have tested positive for Covid-19.
These CAF play-off games will be played between 24-29 March with the teams in Pot 1 playing the second leg at home. The five winners will represent the continent at the 2022 Qatar World Cup which gets underway in November of this year.
Morocco were as the first African team to go past the group stage when they reached the Round of 16 in 1986. The 'Atlas Lions' have appeared in World Cups five times (1970, 1986, 1994, 1998 and 2018)
Douala, yesterday hosted the Africa Cup of Nations, Cote d'Ivoire 2023 Preliminary Round Draw with this the outcome:
Cameroon are Africa's most represented nation at World Cup finals having featured at 7 tournaments followed by Nigeria's Super Eagles who are veterans of six competitions with the 'Lions of the Atlas, Morocco participating five times.
Today's draw comes at a perfect time for both Algeria and Ghana with both holders and four-time AFCON winners being shock exits at the ongoing competition in Cameroon. All other nations involved in today's draw have progressed to the Round of 16 bar DR Congo who failed to qualify for the current AFCON.
Of the involved teams, Mali have yet to taste a WC finals
CAF Competitions Director Samson Adamu
will oversee today's draw in Douala.
Ten African nations have advanced to the third and final hurdle in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup with five play-off finals set to decide what teams make the trip to the Gulf nation next November.
The play-off games will be played on a home and away basis (match-dates will be staged March 24-29) and teams will be seeded in accordance to their latest FIFA rankings. Of the ten involved nations, only Mali have never appeared at a World Cup finals before with DR Congo featuring as Zaire in 1974.
Senegalese legend El Hadji Djiouf and former Arsenal and Togo star Emanuel Adebayor will be today's draw assistants in Douala with both men legends of African football.
The draw takes place in Douala (Cameroon) at 16:00 CET/ 08:00 ET
Hello and welcome to our live coverage as we learn the play-off pairings for the ten nations in the CAF World Cup final stage.

@ d bolded y are we just getting tough draws NO B JUJU B DAT

WHO WILL WIN


Like for Nigeria


Share for Ghana

Ghana must Go! Part two

hmmm