[Photo: Courtesy]The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday announced that the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African qualifiers, set to take place in June, has been postponed. The qualifiers are now scheduled to take place in September, October and November 2021 and March 2022. FIFA and CAF said the current disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to ensure optimal playing conditions for all teams led them to make the move. “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 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,” said CAF. Harambee Stars were scheduled to play Uganda and Rwanda in June but now the matches will be rescheduled to a later date as per Caf and FIFA directives.

Source: Standard Digital May 06, 2021 10:41 UTC