2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 1 September – 16 November 2021 |
Teams | 40 (from 1 confederation) |
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Matches played | 120 |
Goals scored | 288 (2.4 per match) |
Attendance | 281,010 (2,342 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (7 goals) |
The second round of CAF matches for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 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. 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.
Seeding
The draw for the second round was held on 21 January 2020, 19:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Nile Ritz-Carlton in Cairo, Egypt.[1]
The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of December 2019 (shown in parentheses below).[2]
Note: Bolded teams qualified for the third round.
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† First round winners
Schedule
Below is the schedule of the second round of CAF 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[3] After the rescheduling of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations final tournament from June/July to January/February, the dates of Matchdays 1 and 2 of the second round were rescheduled.[4] Because the competition was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, 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.[5] 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.[6]
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Matchday 1 | 1–3 September 2021[a] |
Matchday 2 | 5–7 September 2021[b] |
Matchday 3 | 6–9 October 2021[c] |
Matchday 4 | 10–12 October 2021[d] |
Matchday 5 | 11–13 November 2021[e] |
Matchday 6 | 14–16 November 2021[f] |
- ^ Matchday 1 originally scheduled for 23–31 March 2020, later for 5–13 October 2020, then 5–8 June 2021.
- ^ Matchday 2 originally scheduled for 1–9 June 2020, later for 9–17 November 2020, then 11–14 June 2021.
- ^ Matchday 3 originally scheduled for 22–26 March 2021, later for 1–4 June 2021, then 1–4 September 2021.
- ^ Matchday 4 originally scheduled for 27–30 March 2021, later for 5–8 June 2021, then 5–8 September 2021.
- ^ Matchday 5 originally scheduled for 30 August – 7 September 2021, then 6–9 October 2021.
- ^ Matchday 6 originally scheduled for 4–12 October 2021, then 10–12 October 2021.
Groups
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | +21 | 14 | Advance to third round | — | 2–2 | 6–1 | 8–0 | |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 12 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 7 | 0–4 | 0–2 | — | 7–2 | ||
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 29 | −25 | 0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–4 | — |
Niger ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Burkina Faso ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Burkina Faso ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Niger ![]() | 7–2 | ![]() |
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Goalscorers
There were 54 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 4.5 goals per match.
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Youssouf Oumarou (against Algeria)
Zakariya Souleymane (against Algeria)
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 13 | Advance to third round | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 11 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |
Mauritania ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Tunisia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Zambia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Mauritania ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Zambia ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Equatorial Guinea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Mauritania ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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There were 27 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.25 goals per match.
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 | Advance to third round | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |
Central African Republic ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Central African Republic ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Cape Verde ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Liberia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Nigeria ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Cape Verde ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Cape Verde ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Nigeria ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Liberia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Goalscorers
There were 26 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.17 goals per match.
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Kenny Rocha Santos (against Nigeria)
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 15 | Advance to third round | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — |
Cameroon ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Malawi ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Malawi ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Cameroon ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Mozambique ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Ivory Coast ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Mozambique ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Cameroon ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Goalscorers
There were 26 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.17 goals per match.
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Limbikani Mzava (against Mozambique)
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 16 | Advance to third round | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | |
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 9 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 6 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Mali ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Rwanda ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Mali ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Goalscorers
There were 20 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match.
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 14 | Advance to third round | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 7 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — |
Libya ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Gabon ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Gabon ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Angola ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Goalscorers
There were 27 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.25 goals per match.
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Johann Obiang (against Egypt)
Group G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 13 | Advance to third round | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 13 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | ||
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |
South Africa ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ethiopia ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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South Africa ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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South Africa ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Goalscorers
There were 19 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 1.58 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Getaneh Kebede (against South Africa)
Group H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 16 | Advance to third round | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | ||
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
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6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |
Namibia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Togo ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Senegal ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Namibia ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Namibia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Goalscorers
There were 31 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.58 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Charles Hambira (against Congo)
Pape Abou Cissé (against Togo)
Alaixys Romao (against Congo)
Group I
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 18 | Advance to third round | — | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 6 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | ||
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6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | — |
Guinea-Bissau ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Sudan ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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Guinea-Bissau ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Guinea ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Guinea-Bissau ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Goalscorers
There were 35 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.92 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Abuaagla Abdalla (against Morocco)
Group J
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 11 | Advance to third round | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 10 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | ||
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | ||
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Madagascar ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Tanzania ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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DR Congo ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Madagascar ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Benin ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Madagascar ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Goalscorers
There were 24 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Notes
- ^ The Angola v Gabon match, originally to be played at 17:00 UTC+1, was delayed by 90 minutes because the Gabonese players did not undergo COVID-19 tests when arriving Luanda.[8]
- ^ An appeal by the South African Football Association alleging that the match had been fixed was declared inadmissible by FIFA.[9][10][11]
- ^ Originally to be played on 6 September 2021 at the General Lansana Conté Stadium in Conakry, the Guinea v Morocco match was postponed and relocated due to security concerns following the 2021 Guinean coup d'état.
- ^ An appeal by the Benin Football Federation alleging that DR Congo had violated the substitution rules in the match was declared inadmissible by FIFA.[12][11]
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- ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking – December 2019 (CAF)". FIFA.com. 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL MATCH CALENDAR 2020–2024" (PDF). FIFA. October 2019.
- ^ "CAF reschedules dates of Nations Cup and World Cup qualifiers". Ahram Online. 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Cameroon 2021 qualifiers resume November, Qatar 2022 set for May 2021". cafonline.com. 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Update on African qualifiers for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". fifa.com. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Niger-Algérie : 2000 spectateurs présents à Niamey". dzballon.com. Farid Kada Rabah. 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Postponing the start of the match between Angola and Gabon, amid possibilities of cancellation". middleeast.in-24.com. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "South Africa claim betting spike during Ghana World Cup qualifying game". BBC. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Ntloko, Mninawa (22 November 2021). "D-Day for SA as Fifa committee meets to decide Bafana's World Cup fate". TimesLIVE.
- ^ a b "Protests by South Africa and Benin dismissed by FIFA". Fresno Bee. 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Fifa confirms receipt of Benin protest over DR Congo substitutes". BBC. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.