Covid-19/Qatar 2022: CAF postpones qualifying matches scheduled in Africa from 05 to 14/06/2021

"The CAF Emergency Committee, in consultation with FIFA, decided to postpone the CAF qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 that were due to be played in June 2021," announced the African Confederation on 06/05/2021. The first matchday of the group stage, originally scheduled for October 2020, was initially scheduled from 05 to 08/06/2021 and the second from 11 to 14/06/2021 (see composition of the 10 groups below).

The decision to postpone the matches was taken "after taking into consideration the current challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the need to ensure the optimal playing conditions for all participating teams," explained CAF.

The postponed games will take place during the international windows of September, October and November 2021, as well as March 2022, according to the African body.

1 - A health problem

• "CAF is reassessing its protocols and processes to enhance the implementation of Covid-related protocols, including specifically focusing on pre-match testing which had been the source of some challenges in previous windows.
• Full details on the…