The second round of
CAF matches for
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
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was played over six matchdays, from 1 September to 16 November 2021.
Format
The second round saw the top 26 ranked CAF teams joined by the 14 winners from the
first round
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. These teams were drawn into ten groups of four teams to play home-and-away
round-robin matches. The winners of each group advanced to the
third round
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Seeding
The draw for the second round was held on 21 January 2020, 19:00
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, Egypt.
The seeding was based on the
FIFA World Rankings
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of December 2019 (shown in parentheses below).
Note: Bolded teams qualified for the third round.
† First round
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winners
Schedule
Below is the schedule of the second round of CAF 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.
After the rescheduling of the
2021 Africa Cup of Nations
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final tournament from June/July to January/February, the dates of Matchdays 1 and 2 of the second round were rescheduled. Because the competition was interrupted by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, the schedule of the second round was revised again and on 19 August 2020 CAF announced the new dates, and the entire second round was postponed to 2021. On 6 May 2021, the second round was once again postponed due to the pandemic, and all matches were rescheduled to be played between September and November 2021.
Groups
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Group G
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Group H
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Group I
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Group J
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Goalscorers
Notes
References
External links
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Qualifiers – Africa Matches: Round 2 FIFA.com
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