Super Eagles’ World Cup qualifier against Lone Stars of Liberia have been postponed by the Confederation of African Football.
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.
The qualifiers will now take place in the existing windows of September, October and November 2021 and March 2022.
CAF is reassessing its protocols and processes to enhance the implementation of COVID-related protocols, including specifically focusing on pre-match testing which had been the source of some challenges in previous windows.
The full details on the updated match schedule, according to CAF, will be provided in due course.
