2022 World Cup play-offs: Nigeria set to find challengers as draw holds today

The draw for the final round of the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers Africa area will happen today (Saturday).

Nigeria is in the hat, after they completed top of Group C in the 2nd round to qualify.

The playoffs will see the Super Eagles and nine other group winners deal with each other in a two-legged knockout tie.

The five winners will fly Africa’s flag in Qatar later on this year.

The highest-ranked teams by FIFA will be seeded and positioned in the very same pot. They will also play their very first legs far from home.

Nigeria is among the leading 5 ranked teams on the continent and will play their very first leg far from home.

Seeded Teams: Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Nigeria.

Unseeded groups: Cameroon, Ghana, Egypt, DR Congo, Mali.