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| Dates | 4 September 2019 – March 2022 |
| Teams | 54 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 28 |
| Goals scored | 57 (2.04 per match) |
| Attendance | 488,500 (17,446 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Joseph Mendes Meddie Kagere Ramadan Agab(3 goals each) |
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The African section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification acts as qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar, for national teams which are members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). A total of 5 slots in the final tournament are available for CAF teams.
Format[]
A previous proposal to merge the qualification rounds for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations with those for the World Cup was turned down after a CAF meeting on 11 June 2018.
CAF reverted to the format used for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification competition.
- First round: 28 teams (ranked 27–54) played home-and-away over two legs. The 14 winners advanced to the second round.
- Second round: 40 teams (ranked 1–26 and 14 first-round winners) will be divided into ten groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The ten group winners advance to the third round.
- Third round: The ten second round group winners play home-and-away over two legs. The five winners qualify for the World Cup.
Entrants[]
All 54 FIFA-affiliated football associations from CAF entered qualification. The FIFA World Rankings of July 2019 were used to determine which nations would compete in the first round. For seeding in the second and third round draws, the most recent FIFA Rankings prior to those draws will be used.
Libya was threatened with exclusion from the qualifiers if it failed to pay debts to their former coach Javier Clemente. However, Libya complied after FIFA gave them a new deadline. Sierra Leone also faced possible exclusion from the qualifiers due to the suspension of their football association. However, the suspension was lifted by the FIFA Council on 3 June 2019.
| Bye to the second round (Ranked 1st to 26th) |
Competing in first round (Ranked 27th to 54th) |
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Schedule[]
Below is the schedule of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, according to the FIFA International Match Calendar. After the rescheduling of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations final tournament from June/July to January/February, the dates of the matchdays 1–2 of the second round were also rescheduled. Because of the interruption of the competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the schedule of the second and third round was revised again and on 19 August 2020 CAF announced the new dates for the aforementioned rounds.
| Stage | Matchday | Dates |
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| First Round | First leg | 4–7 September 2019 |
| Second leg | 8–10 September 2019 | |
| Second Round | Matchday 1 | 1–4 September 2021 |
| Matchday 2 | 5–8 September 2021 | |
| Matchday 3 | 6–9 October 2021 | |
| Matchday 4 | 10–12 October 2021 | |
| Matchday 5 | 11–13 November 2021 | |
| Matchday 6 | 14–16 November 2021 | |
| Third Round | First leg | March 2022 |
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First round[]
- Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF First Round
The draw for the first round was held on 29 July 2019 at 12:00 EST (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
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Ethiopia 
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1–1 (a) |  Lesotho
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0–0 | 1–1 |
Somalia 
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2–3 |  Zimbabwe
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1–0 | 1–3 |
Eritrea 
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1–4 |  Namibia
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1–2 | 0–2 |
Burundi 
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2–2 (0–3 p) |  Tanzania
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1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
Djibouti 
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2–1 |  Eswatini
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2–1 | 0–0 |
Botswana 
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0–1 |  Malawi
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0–0 | 0–1 |
Gambia 
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1–3 |  Angola
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0–1 | 1–2 |
Liberia 
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3–2 |  Sierra Leone
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3–1 | 0–1 |
Mauritius 
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0–3 |  Mozambique
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0–1 | 0–2 |
São Tomé and Príncipe 
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1–3 |  Guinea-Bissau
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0–1 | 1–2 |
South Sudan 
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1–2 |  Equatorial Guinea
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1–1 | 0–1 |
Comoros 
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1–3 |  Togo
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1–1 | 0–2 |
Chad 
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1–3 |  Sudan
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1–3 | 0–0 |
Seychelles 
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0–10 |  Rwanda
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0–3 | 0–7 |
Second round[]
- Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Second Round
The draw for the second round was held on 21 January 2020, 19:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Cairo, Egypt.
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Third round[]
- Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round
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 will advance to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Top goalscorers[]
External links[]
- Official website
- Qualifiers – Africa, FIFA.com