The second round of CAF matches for

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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

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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

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Seeding

The draw for the second round was held on 21 January 2020, 19:00

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), at the Nile Ritz-Carlton in

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, Egypt. The seeding was based on the

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of December 2019 (shown in parentheses below). Note: Bolded teams qualified for the third 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

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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

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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 J

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Goalscorers

Notes

References

External links

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Qualifiers – Africa Matches: Round 2
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