Round 1
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Aggregate |
| Round 1 | 4-10 September 2020 | |||
| Eritrea | Namibia | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-4 |
| Ethiopia | Lesotho | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Burundi | Tanzania | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| South Sudan | Equatorial Guinea | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| Mauritius | Mozambique | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
| Djibouti | Eswatini | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Sao Tome e Principe | Guinea-Bissau | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-3 |
| Liberia | Sierra Leone | 3-1 | 0-1 | 3-2 |
| Seychelles | Rwanda | 0-3 | 0-7 | 0-10 |
| Chad | Sudan | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| Somalia | Zimbabwe | 1-0 | 1-3 | 2-3 |
| Comoros | Togo | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 |
| Gambia | Angola | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 |
| Botswana | Malawi | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
Report
28 Countries were paired in two-leg single tie qualifiers in Round 1 of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Africa Qualifiers. Mauritius lost 0-3 on Aggregate to Mozambique in what could be considered Irish interest. Of other Irish interest Ethiopia defeated Togo on away goals after a 1-1 tie, and Seychelles lost 0-10 to Rwanda over the two legs.
In all 54 countries are participating in Africa.
References
Images
[1] FIFA (2020) 255711_w [Internet] Available from: https://api.fifa.com/api/v1/picture/tournaments-sq-4/255711_w [Accessed 19 August 2020][Adjusted]
Websites
[2] FIFA (2020) FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 TM Qualifiers Africa [Internet] Available from: https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/#africa [Accessed 19 August 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Richard Mulcahy, Fiona Connolly-Mulcahy, Conor Connolly-Mulcahy, Dara Connolly-Mulcahy, Orla Connolly-Mulcahy & Aodhan Connolly-Mulcahy.
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Researched, Compiled and Written by Enda Mulcahy for the
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Last Updated: 19 August 2020
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