World soccer governing body FIFA has invested in TV production to give fans all over the world a chance to watch the first round of qualifiers. With the first round of CAF qualifiers for Qatar 2022 set to start this week, a live stream will be available on FIFA.com and FIFA’s YouTube channel.
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 are set to fight it out for the slots. 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 September 4 and 10 2019, live. FIFA is unveiling a the production of the broadcasting feed, thereby 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 the 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 popular sport.
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 home.
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