The Extraordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) seated on Friday in Cairo has ruled to retain the original format adopted for the play-off for the 2022 African World Cup qualifiers.
The draw for the play-off will be held during the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. Two dates for the draw are proposed –  22 or 26 January.
The format will also be a two-leg format, contrary to speculations that CAF was considering a one leg format to be played in Doha.
The seeded five teams will start mission away from home and host opponents at home in the 2nd leg.
Under the helm of CAF President Dr. Patrice Motsepe, the Extraordinary General Assembly also discussed more issues related to African football, including the agenda of the African World Cup qualifiers and a date of the 2021 African Super Cup game set to be played in Qatar in February.
Egypt, Algeria, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ghana, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia won their respective groups to reach the final qualifying playoff phase for the 2022 World Cup.
According to the qualifying system, the 10 teams will be divided into 2 pots based on their FIFA ranking and a draw will be conducted for the five ties that are scheduled for March 2021.
On the current raking released on 19 November, the top five in Africa are Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Nigeria.
Another ranking is expected to be released on 16 December ahead of the draw to be conducted in January. Nigeria being the fifth ranked appear to be the only one at risk of being overtaken.
The five winners will qualify for the World Cup.
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