November FIFA Ranking to be used for 2022 World Cup play-offs draw
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has revealed that the FIFA Rankings for November will be used for draw for the 2022 FIFA World Cup play-offs.
The play-off draw will be held in January next year as Ghana awaits its next opponent in the World Cup qualifiers.
The Black Stars of Ghana edged past South Africa in the final group game at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium to progress to the play-offs.
At CAF’s Executive Council meeting held last month, it was determined that the FIFA Ranking for November will be used for the draw.
He said: “The CAF Executive Committee met and decided that the last FIFA Rankings in November will be used for the World Cup Draws.”
The 2022 World Cup play-off draw was rescheduled from December 18 to January 26 2022.
The higher ranked teams that have qualified for the playoffs are Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Nigeria, the teams will be seeded.
The lower-ranked teams are Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali and DR Congo which will be unseeded.
The higher ranked teams have the advantage of playing away in the first leg fixtures of the tie.
