BREAKING NEWS: CAF announces postponement of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifications
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the postponement of the FIFA World Cup qualifications matches from June 2021 to September 2021.The other match days of the qualifiers have also been pushed backwards to the international football windows of October 2021, November 2021 and March 2022 respectively.CAF Emergency Committee in consultation with FIFA took the decision to the postpone the qualification matches after taking into consideration the current challenges caused by COVID-19.CAF is reassessing its protocols and processes to enhance the implementation of COVID-19 related protocols.This specifically includes the focusing on pre-match testing which had been the source of some challenges in the previous windows.The postponement will also give countries who had their stadiums or venues rejected have ample opportunity to renovate or correct the defects.Below is the statement:
