Eagles’ AFCON form to determine World Cup playoffs foe

 The Super Eagles face the chance to drop out of the top five ranked teams in Africa before the playoffs for the 2022 World Cup playoffs, PUNCH Sports Extra reports.

The Confederation of African Football at its Extraordinary General Assembly held in Cairo, Egypt on Friday announced that the draws would be held on January 26.

CAF also announced that the FIFA ranking for the month of January will be used to determine the seeded teams for the playoffs.

The top five teams in the continent will be seeded and will face the non-seed teams in the two-legged fixtures.

The first leg fixtures will take place at the lower-ranked team’s home.

Qualified teams for the playoffs are Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Nigeria. While the lower-ranked teams are Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Congo DR.

Presently, ranked in the top five in the continent are Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Nigeria who are ranked 20th, 28th, 29th, 32nd and 36th in the world respectively.