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Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau
Super Eagles players celebrating a goal in a previous outing. Nigeria ‘s group opponents will emerge in Cairo tomorrow.
Nigeria is waiting to discover the three countries that will compete with her in one of the ten groups for the second round of the preliminary competition of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 as the draws take place tomorrow at Ritz Carlton hotel, Cairo, Egypt.
The ceremony will see the 14 winners of Round 1 join the 26 top-seeded African teams to form ten groups of four countries, based on the December 2019 edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, with the ten group winners then advancing to Round 3.
The second round of Africa’s qualifiers will kick off in March 2020 and will conclude in October 2021. In Round 3, which is scheduled for November 2021, the ten group winners from Round 2 will be paired up for knockout matches, with the five winners securing a berth at Qatar 2022.
Meanwhile, a top official of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will be live in Cairo tomorrow night to witness the draws with the General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi the most likely personality to represent Nigeria although there is no official confirmation on the identity of the NFF official traveling to Egypt for the event.
Sportsrevelation reliably gathered that the leadership of NFF takes Super Eagles qualification for the Qatar 2022 World Cup so serious that a top management staff have already been dispatched to Cairo for the draws.
The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be played in Qatar between 21 November and 18 December 2022.