10 Countries Advance to FIFA World Cup Qualification Final Round in Africa
The FIFA World Cup qualification in Africa has entered into the final round with 10 countries advancing.
These 10 countries were the countries which won each of the 10 groups in the second round of qualification.
GROUP STAGES ✅
FINAL ROUND 🔜👇 A look at how things stand in each group following the end of the second round of the 2022 #WCQ! 📋#WorldCup pic.twitter.com/TXODznwIdy
— CAF (@CAF_Online) November 16, 2021
Five of the 10 countries advancing to the playoff round will be seeded based on their FIFA rankings for a draw.
Ghana, currently ranked 7th in Africa will be unseeded, and will be facing one of the top 5 countries in the play offs.
The pool of the seeded countries includes Senegal, Tunisia. Algeria, Morocco and Nigeria.
The pool of the unseeded countries also includes Cameroon, Egypt, Mali, Ghana, and DR Congo.
A date for the play-off draw is expected to be announced later this month.
The countries will be drawn into five home-and-away ties.
Winners of each fixture will advance to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
