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Channels Set to Broadcast Africa's World Cup Draw


Tue 21 Jan 2020 | 05:30 PM
Mohamed Helba

A few hours before the draw for the second round of African qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, here is your directory to watch it.

This draw is set to take place in Cairo, Egypt, where a total of 40 teams will know their rivals to determine which five teams will represent the continent in Qatar.

The forty teams will be pided into ten groups of four teams in each group.

The draw is set to be aired via Bein Sports channel, which opens for free to the public on Nilesat satellite via the frequency: 12604 horizontal – 27500. It will begin at 19:00 CLT.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Confederation of the African Football (CAF) revealed the four pots of the draw as the teams are pided into four based on the latest FIFA World Rankings (December 2019).

Here are the Four Pots:

Pot 1: Senegal, Tunisia, Nigeria, Algeria, Morocco, Ghana, Egypt, Cameroon, Mali, DR Congo

Pot 2: Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, South Africa, Guinea, Uganda, Cape Verde, Gabon, Benin, Zambia, Congo

Pot 3: Madagascar, Mauritania, Libya, Mozambique, Kenya, Central African Republic, Zimbabwe, Niger, Namibia, Guinea Bissau

Pot 4: Malawi, Angola, Togo, Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Djibouti

Here is the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers format for Africa:

1. The winners of the groups will be advanced to the knock-out stage.

2. The ten teams will be pided into two levels based on the FIFA ranking. The 5 highest ranked teams will face the lowest-ranked ones.

3. The winners of the first and second legs on aggregate will qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.