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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round
Tournament details
Dates25–29 March 2022[1]
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored16 (1.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)Morocco Azzedine Ounahi
Morocco Tarik Tissoudali
(2 goals each)
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The third round of CAF matches for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 25 to 29 March 2022. The ten group winners from the second round were drawn into five home-and-away ties. The five overall winners of these fixtures qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Qualified teams

Group
(Second round) 		Winners
A  Algeria
B  Tunisia
C  Nigeria
D  Cameroon
E  Mali
F  Egypt
G  Ghana
H  Senegal
I  Morocco
J  DR Congo

Draw and seeding

The draw for the third round was held on 22 January 2022 in Douala, Cameroon, starting at 16:00 (UTC+1). The seedings were based on the November 2021 FIFA World Rankings (shown in parentheses).[2][3]

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup.

Pot 1 Pot 2
 Senegal (20)
 Morocco (28)
 Tunisia (29)
 Algeria (32)
 Nigeria (36) 		 Egypt (45)
 Cameroon (50)
 Ghana (52)
 Mali (53)
 DR Congo (64)

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Egypt  1–1 (1–3 p)  Senegal 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Cameroon  2–2 (a)  Algeria 0–1 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Ghana  1–1 (a)  Nigeria 0–0 1–1
DR Congo  2–5  Morocco 1–1 1–4
Mali  0–1  Tunisia 0–1 0–0

Matches

Egypt 1–0 Senegal
  • Ciss 4' (o.g.)
 Report
Attendance: 65,000[4]

1–1 on aggregate. Senegal won 3–1 on penalties and qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Cameroon 0–1 Algeria
Report
Attendance: 50,000[5]
Algeria 1–2 (a.e.t.) Cameroon
 Report

2–2 on aggregate. Cameroon won on away goals and qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Ghana 0–0 Nigeria
Report
Attendance: 40,000[6]
Nigeria 1–1 Ghana
 Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

1–1 on aggregate. Ghana won on away goals and qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

DR Congo 1–1 Morocco
 Report
Attendance: 25,000[7]
Morocco 4–1 DR Congo
 Report

Morocco won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Mali 0–1 Tunisia
Report
Attendance: 50,000[8]
Tunisia 0–0 Mali
Report

Tunisia won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Goalscorers

There were 16 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 1.6 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

  1. ^ "World Cup candidates now have Afcon on their minds". supersports.com. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Dates for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African Qualifiers and TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2023 draws announced". Confederation of African Football. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Men's Ranking". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Security heightened at Cairo Stadium ahead of Egypt-Senegal match on Friday". Egypt Today. Egypt Today staff. 25 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Algérie – Cameroun : Rien n'est encore joué malgré une précieuse victoire des Verts au Japoma Stadium". Algerie.Football. 26 March 2022.
  6. ^ "40,000-capacity Baba Yara Stadium sold out for Super Eagles". Score Nigeria. Score Nigeria Reporter. 25 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Mondial 2022 : RD Congo- Maroc se jouera au stade des Martyrs et avec du public". Sport News Africa. 4 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Barrages Mondial 2022: le Mali se saborde devant la Tunisie et voit le Qatar s'éloigner". 25 March 2022.


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