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CAIRO (Reuters) – A draw for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Qatar took place Monday in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. The draw drew three strong confrontations between Liberia and Sierra Leone, Sudan, Chad, Tanzania and Burundi. The remaining clashes seem at least to be settled on paper.
The draw for the preliminary round took place Qualifying Qualifications Monday in Cairo for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with the participation of 28 member teams African Union Who occupies the lowest positions in FIFA's latest ranking (Swaziland), Lesotho, Comoros, Botswana, Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Liberia, Mauritius, Gambia, South Sudan, Chad, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Djibouti, Somalia and Eritrea.
The draw resulted in 14 games between the two teams, which are held in two home and away matches. The matches will take place from 2 to 10 September 2019.
It is expected that the match of the Liberian team with his neighbor is one of the strongest matches of this role, although the current ranking of FIFA gives preference to the The Sierra Leonean team, but the Liberian team has a great history in African football. George Wia To date, he is the only African to have won the gold ball and he currently holds the presidency.
The match between Sudan and its Chadian neighbors should attract attention. Although history and ranking give preference to Zaqour Jidyan, their recent results raise questions about their level and give the opportunity to the Chadian team.
The match between Tanzania and Burundi is one of the next meetings of this role because the two teams clashed for the last African Cup of Nations in Egypt and scored the same result, leaving the first round after three defeats . Tanzania is ranked 137 with 1075 points and Burundi with 148 points.
The rest of the matches seem to have been settled from the beginning at least on paper.
Here are the advantages:
Liberia Sierra Leone
Chad and Sudan
Burundi × Tanzania
Somalia vs Zimbabwe
Djibouti x Esoteni (former Swaziland)
Comoros x Togo
South Sudan, Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea x Namibia
Ethiopia Lesotho
Botswana x Malawi
Gambia * Angola
Maurice Ø Mozambique
Sao Tome and Principe x Guinea-Bissau
Seychelles Rwanda
Role of groups
The 14 winners of the preliminary round will join the 26 teams which will be divided into 10 teams of four teams each.
Each team will play six games and qualify for the final.
The matches will be held in six stages from March 23, 2020 to October 12, 2021.
finalists
The top ten teams in the top five face the least ranked teams, with first-leg matches played on the field of the lowest-ranked teams.
The five winning teams will qualify for the first round in the Middle East and in an Arab country.
Matches will be played from November 8 to 16, 2021.
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