The Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Black Stars of Ghana have been rescheduled and will be played at a later date. The Nigerian Football Federation’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, made the information known in a statement on Monday.
Super Eagles World Cup Qualifier with Ghana Postponed
According to Olajire, the first leg which was to be played on Thursday, the 24th day of March at the Cape Coast Stadium, will now be played on Friday, the 25th day of March starting from 7.30 pm Ghana time, which will be 8.30 pm in Nigeria. The return leg which was to be played on the 27th of March, Saturday will now be played on the 29th of March at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday, starting from 6 pm Nigeria time.
The winner over two legs in the play-offs will qualify for this year’s World Cup which is scheduled to take place from November 21 to December 18, 2022, in Qatar. While the Super Eagles of Nigeria qualified for the 2018 edition in Russia, the Black Stars missed out and so will be looking to ensure they make it this year’s own at the expense of Nigeria.
The last time both teams met in the qualifiers for the World Cup was for the 2002 edition, where they were drawn in the same group. In a group that had Liberia, Ghana, Sudan and Sierra Leone, the Eagles secured their third World Cup qualification ticket.
