CAF and FIFA Delays Africa World cup Qualifiers, Set September for season Opener.

 

The Confederation of Africa Football and FIFA havs postponed the beginning of the 2022 FIFA World cup qualifiers for Africa originally slated for June.

A statement from CAF said the 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 2021after taking into consideration the current challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the need to ensure optimal training conditions for all participating teams.

The Qualifiers will now take place in the existing windows of September, October, November 2021, and March 2022.

CAF is reassessing its protocols and processes to enhance the implementation of COVID-19 related protocols, including specifically focusing on pre match testing which had been the source of some challenges in previous windows.