Football World Cup 2022 / Qualification (CAF)

The continental association CAF

The associations of the African Football Confederation ( CAF ) are entitled to five permanent places for the Football World Cup 2022 . All 54 CAF associations, which are also members of the world association FIFA , take part in the qualification . Réunion and Zanzibar are not members of FIFA.

FIFA regulations

According to FIFA regulations, the preliminary round matches in the form of group matches and cup matches can be played in home and return matches or, in exceptional cases, in tournament form in one of the participating countries. In the group games, three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. The following criteria are decisive:

1. higher number of points
2. better goal difference
3. higher number of goals scored
4. higher number of points from the direct encounters between teams with the same points and goals
5. better goal difference from the direct encounters between the teams with the same points and goals
6. higher number of goals from direct encounters between teams with equal points and goals
7. higher number of away goals from direct encounters between teams with the same points and goals if only two teams are affected.

If two teams are equal according to these criteria, a play-off can be scheduled.

In the cup games, if there is a tie after the two games, the higher number of away goals scored counts . If the number of away goals is the same, extra time is played. If no goal is scored in extra time, the match will be decided on penalties . If the same number of goals are scored in extra time, the away team qualifies due to more away goals scored.

mode

As in 2014, the qualification will take place in three rounds. In the first round, in September 2019, the 28 lowest-ranked teams in the FIFA world rankings from July 25, 2019 will play against each other in a knockout system with a return leg. In the second round, from October 2020 to October 2021, the 14 winners and the remaining 26 higher-placed teams will meet in ten groups of four in a double round robin format .

The ten group winners qualify for the third round, which will be played again in November 2021 with a return leg. The five winners will qualify for the 2022 World Cup.

First round

The draw took place on July 29, 2019 in Cairo ( Egypt ). The first legs took place from September 4 to 7, the second legs on September 8 and 10, 2019.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ethiopia	( a ) 1: 1(a)	Lesotho	0-0	1: 1 (0: 0)
Somalia	2: 3	Zimbabwe	1: 0 (0: 0) 1	1: 3 (0: 0)
Eritrea	1: 4	Namibia	1: 2 (0: 0)	0: 2 (0: 1)
Burundi	2: 2 (0: 3 in good condition )	Tanzania	1: 1 (0: 0)	1: 1  a.d.
Djibouti	2: 1	Swaziland	2: 1 (1: 0)	0-0
Botswana	0: 1	Malawi	0-0	0: 1 (0: 0)
Gambia	1: 3	Angola	0: 1 (0: 1)	1: 2 (0: 1)
Liberia	3: 2	Sierra Leone	3: 1 (1: 0)	0: 1 (0: 0)
Mauritius	0: 3	Mozambique	0: 1 (0: 1)	0: 2 (0: 1)
Sao Tome and Principe	1: 3	Guinea-Bissau	0: 1 (0: 0)	1: 2 (1: 0)
South Sudan	1: 2	Equatorial Guinea	1: 1 (0: 1) 2	0: 1 (0: 0)
Comoros	1: 3	Togo	1: 1 (0: 1)	0: 2 (0: 1)
Chad	1: 3	Sudan	1: 3 (0: 1)	0-0
Seychelles	00:10	Rwanda	0: 3 (0: 2)	0: 7 (0: 4)

Remarks

¹The game was played in Djibouti .

²The game was played in Omdurman ( Sudan ).

Second round

The group draw took place on January 21, 2020 in Cairo ( Egypt ).

Overview

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E
Algeria	Tunisia	Nigeria	Cameroon	Mali
Burkina Faso	Zambia	Cape Verde	Ivory Coast	Uganda
Niger	Mauritania	Central Afr. republic	Mozambique	Kenya
Djibouti	Equatorial Guinea	Liberia	Malawi	Rwanda
Group F.	Group G	Group H.	Group I.	Group J
Egypt	Ghana	Senegal	Morocco	DR Congo
Gabon	South Africa	Republic of the Congo	Guinea	Benin
Libya	Zimbabwe	Namibia	Guinea-Bissau	Madagascar
Angola	Ethiopia	Togo	Sudan	Tanzania

Group A

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Algeria	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Niger	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Djibouti	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Group B

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Zambia	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Mauritania	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Group C

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Cape Verde	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Central Afr. republic	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Liberia	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Group D

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Mozambique	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Malawi	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Group E

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mali	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Uganda	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Kenya	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Group F.

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Egypt	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Gabon	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Libya	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Angola	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Group G

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ghana	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	South Africa	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Ethiopia	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Group H.

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Senegal	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Republic of the Congo	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Namibia	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Togo	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Group I.

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Morocco	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Guinea	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Sudan	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Group J

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	DR Congo	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Benin	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Madagascar	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Tanzania	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} 204 member associations still in the running . In: FIFA.com . July 16, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
2. ↑ First African World Cup qualifying round drawn . In: FIFA.com . July 26, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
3. ↑ Africa's second qualifying round is drawn . In: FIFA.com . January 21, 2020. Accessed February 10, 2020.