FIFA Confirms New Date For S’Eagles 2022 World Cup Qualifiers
FIFA has confirmed a new date that Nigeria will begin the Second Round of the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
The second round of the qualifiers was initially scheduled for October 2020 but has now been postponed to next year May 31, 2021 due to the disruption of the football calendar, following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to World Football governing body, the Second Round of the qualifiers end September 2021.
Meanwhile, the first and second leg of the Third Round will be played between November 8 and 16, 2021.
The Third Round will see the 10 group winners from the Second Round drawn into five home-and-away ties. The winners of each tie advance to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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Nigeria are drawn in the same group with Cape Verde, Central African Republic and Liberia for the Second Round of the African qualifiers.
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