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2022 World Cup: Ghana in pot 2 of play-offs draw and could face Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco or Nigeria

World Cup 2022 World Cup: Ghana in pot 2 of play-offs draw and could face Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco or Nigeria
NOV 17, 2021 LISTEN

The senior national team, the Black Stars of Ghana will be in pot 2 of the play-off round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for Africa.

10 African teams qualified to the final round of qualifiers with five places to fight for.

Cameroon pipped Cote d’Ivoire to qualification; Nigeria and Algeria also secured their spots despite drawing at home to their closest challengers.

Tunisia, meanwhile beat Zambia 3-1 to seal their place in the Tuesday games.

Meanwhile, Senegal, Egypt, Morocco, Mali, DR Congo and Ghana had already qualified to the last round.

Those five qualification places will be decided by five two-legged play-off matches due to take place in March 2022.

The 10 qualified teams include Andre Ayew’s Ghana, Egypt, Algeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia.

The best five ranked teams in the FIFA rankings were seeded to pot 1 as the others were left unseeded in pot 2.

Ghana, currently ranked 7th in Africa, missed out on pot 1 alongside Egypt, who are ranked 6th on the continent.

This means Ghana will likely draw one of Algeria, Senegal, Morocco, Nigeria or Tunisia in the final round.

Here’s a full list of the 10 African teams that’ll be contesting in the playoffs of the World Cup qualifiers:

Pot 1

  • Senegal
  • Morocco
  • Algeria
  • Nigeria
  • Tunisia

Pot 2

  • Egypt
  • Ghana
  • Mali
  • Cameroon
  • DR Congo

The draw for the playoffs is set to take place on December 18.

The two-legged play-off round will take place in the next international window (March 24 and March 29, 2022).

Samuel Ekow Amoasi Appiah
Samuel Ekow Amoasi Appiah

Sports JournalistPage: SamuelEkowAmoasiAppiah

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