CONCACAF and FIFA have confirmed the schedule for the region’s 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifying matches taking place during the FIFA Match Window of November 2021. For the Final Round of CONCACAF’s Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar (sometimes referred to as the ‘Octagonal’), eight national teams are …
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Germany head coach Hansi Flick has named his 23-man squad for the two upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in October. Goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen (FC Barcelona) and defender Matthias Ginter (Borussia Mönchengladbach) are both back involved for the games against Romania and North Macedonia – for the first time …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed Qatar as the neutral venue for the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar Group A tie between Iraq and Lebanon as well as the Group B match between Australia and Oman scheduled for Thursday, October 7, 2021. The Socceroos, who are the …
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In response to logistical challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, Oceania Football Confederation is exploring the opportunity to play the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Oceania Qualifiers in Qatar early next year. On September 15 agreement was reached by the OFC Executive Committee that it was not possible at this …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirms that the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar Group B match between China and Vietnam on October 7, 2021, will be held in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Similar to the current September window, the decision of a neutral venue was confirmed …
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FIFA & CONMEBOL has confirmed that following a decision by the match officials, the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar qualifying match between Brazil and Argentina in Sao Paulo was first suspended and then postponed. This happened after Brazilian health officials objected to the participation of four Argentina players, three …
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The current political and security situation in Guinea is quite volatile and is being closely monitored by FIFA and CAF. To ensure the safety and security of all players and to protect all match officials, FIFA and CAF have decided to postpone the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match Guinea …
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino emphasised the important role football can play in tough times when meeting refugees from Afghanistan being housed at the Park View Villas complex in Doha on Saturday. The FIFA President joined Lolwah-Al Khater, Assistant Foreign Minister and spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, …
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As a prelude to the next FIFA World Cup that will take place in 2022, in Qatar, the African Union of Broadcasting as been handed the Free-To-Air rights for the Qualifying matches in 17 Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, thus making AUB the exclusive Partner for the commercialization of the rights …
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Integral, Nigeria’s leading full-service sports marketing agency, has acquired the exclusive media rights in Nigeria to broadcast the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers matches involving the Super Eagles. The rights acquisition adds to Integral’s expanding media rights portfolio that includes the free-to-air rights for the English Premier League in Nigeria, …
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