DAMS. The dates for the play-offs in Africa and Europe are now official and will be contested from March 24-29.
[Mis à jour le 16 février 2022 à 12h05] While the Europe zone will offer us a clash between Portugal and Italy, the draw for the World Cup play-offs for the Africa zone offered some good results. After their early elimination from CAN 2022, Algeria will face Cameroon to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar scheduled for the end of the year. Another shock during his play-offs, between Egypt and Senegal, a remake of the last CAN final. While they have also already faced each other at CAN 2022 (1-0 victory for Mali), Tunisia and Mali will be opposed again.
Unlike Europe, the Africa zone cannot send teams directly to the World Cup. All nations will have to pass a 3rd round in the form of a home and away match. Here is the complete draw for the Africa zone play-offs for the 2022 World Cup, made this Saturday in Cameroon:
- Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo – Morocco
- Cameroon – Algeria
- Mali – Tunisie
- Egypt – Senegal
- Ghana – Nigeria
What is the draw for play-offs in Europe?
The draw for path A:
- Scotland – Ukraine
- Wales – Austria
The draw for path B
- Russia – Poland
- Sweden – Czech Republic
The draw for path C
- Italy – North Macedonia
- Portugal – Turkey
What is the play-off schedule?
After the draw and the separation of the twelve teams into three ways, the matches will be played next March. Here is the schedule:
Semi-finals (Thursday March 24)
- Track A
- Scotland – Ukraine (8:45 p.m.)
- Wales – Austria (8:45 p.m.)
- Path B (Thursday March 24)
- Russia – Poland (8:45 p.m.)
- Sweden – Czech Republic (8:45 p.m.)
- Lane C (Thursday, March 24)
- Italy – North Macedonia (8:45 p.m.)
- Portugal – Turkey (8:45 p.m.)
Finals (Tuesday March 29)
- Track A
- Wales or Austria – Scotland or Ukraine (8:45 p.m.)
- Track B
- Russia or Poland – Sweden or Czech Republic (8:45 p.m.)
- C-track
- Portugal or Turkey – Italy or North Macedonia (8:45 p.m.)
Dates of dams in Africa
- March 24
- Mali – Tunisie
- Ghana – Nigeria
- Egypt – Senegal
- March 26:
- Cameroon – Algeria
- RD Congo – Maroc
- March 27:
- Nigeria – Ghana
- Tunisie – Mali
- March 28:
- Senegal – Egypt
- March 29:
- Algeria – Cameroon
- Maroc – RD Congo