The Super Eagles of Nigeria has been handed a tricky World Cup 2022 play-off as Nigeria has been pitted against the Black Stars of Ghana
.Nigeria who had participated in all editions of the quadrennial global football showpiece since they made their debut in 1994 edition except the 2006 tournament, were paired against Ghana in the play-off draw held on Saturday, January 22, 2022 in Cameroon.
The Black Stars have a rivalry with the Eagles dating back to 1950
The draws for the last phase of the CAF qualifiers for 2022 FIFA World Cup was conducted in Yaounde on Saturday, January 22.
The event compered by Mimi Fawaz had Emmanuel Adebayor and El Hadji Diouf helped in the draws conducted by CAF Head of Communications, Samson Adamu.
In other fixtures, Senegal will battle Egypt, Cameroon will take on Algeria, Dr Congo tackles Morocco while Mali will trade tackles with Tunisia.
The two-leg home-and-away play-off will take place in March.
The overall winners of the matches will represent Africa at the World Cup in Qatar which takes place between November and December this year
Pot 1: Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, DR Congo
Pot 2: Nigeria, Algeria, Senegal,
Fixtures
Egypt v Senegal
Cameroon v Algeria
Ghana v Nigeria
DR Congo v Morocco
Mali v Tunisia
