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FIFA to Livestream African qualifiers

The first round of CAF qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™
will feature 28 teams competing for 14 slots in the group stage, where the 26
top-ranked teams await. These opening fixtures include local
rivalries between 2019 Africa Cup of Nations participants Burundi and Tanzania
and a West African derby between Liberia and Sierra Leone.
As these qualifiers kick
off around the continent, fans will be able to watch several of the first-round
ties*, which will take place between 4th and 10th
September 2019, live. FIFA is unveiling a landmark initiative by investing in
the production of the broadcasting feed, thus giving fans in Africa and around
the world unprecedented access to the African qualifiers.
The live streams and on-demand replays of these first-round encounters will be
on FIFA.com and FIFA’s
YouTube channel. Bringing this exciting action to a global
audience for the first time underscores FIFA’s ongoing digital transformation
and its ongoing efforts to support football development in Africa and connect
more fans with the beautiful game.
African qualifiers traditionally provide plenty of surprises and memorable
matches. Four of the five African teams at Germany 2006 were debutants at the
global finals, including Angola and Togo, who each enter the fray for Qatar
2022 with challenging encounters in the opening qualifying round against Gambia
and Comoros respectively. Thirteen African nations have reached the FIFA World
Cup in the competition’s history, with Brazil 2014 marking the first time that
two countries from the continent had advanced to the knockout stage in the same
edition. From George Weah and Samuel Eto’o to Mohamed Salah and Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang, some of the world’s best footballers past and present call Africa
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