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The CAF Emergency Committee has approved the resumption date for qualifiers of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations – Cameroon and the group stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar.
A busy schedule awaits the participating teams with double-headers from November 2020 through to November 2021 in the battle for spots to the final tournament of the two competitions.
The schedules for the two competitions have had to be revised in light of the COVID-19 outbreak which halted many sporting activities across the continent and beyond for some time.
For Cameroon 2021, the qualifiers resume on November 9-17, 2020 with the Day 3 & 4 matches whilst the penultimate and ultimate matches take place on March 22-30, 2021.
The 40 teams in contention for the five slots for Qatar 2022 will commence the journey between May 31 and June 15, 2021 with the Day 1 & 2 matches. From August 30, till September 7, the Day 3 & 4 matches are expected to take place with Day 5 & 6 matches fixed for October 4-12, 2021.
The Playoff matches have been scheduled for November 8-16, 2021.
Meanwhile, CAF is monitoring the situation closely and working with the relevant authorities with regards to hosting of the matches, and will make pronouncements accordingly in the event of developments that will affect playing a match at the designated venue.
