By Amaechi Agbo

The Confederation of Africa Football, CAF has rescheduled the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON double header between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Sierra Leone to November, 2020, Bestchoicesports.cm.ng can report.

CAF announced Wednesday that the two matches will now be played on November 9-17 November, 2020.

The two matches were initially scheduled to hold on March 27^th and 31^st, 2020 but were indefinitely postponed following the outbreak of Covid-19 that has affected the human society.

Arising from its Emergency Committee meeting Monday, CAF also announced that the qualifications for 2022 FIFA World Cup will commence in May 2021.

A busy schedule awaits the participating teams with double-headers from November 2020 through to November 2021 in the battle for spots to the final tournament of the two competitions.

The CAF Emergency Committee approved the resumption date for qualifiers of the Total Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 and the group stage of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

The schedules for the two competitions have had to be revised in light of the COVID-19 outbreak which halted many sporting activities across the continent and beyond for some time.

“For Cameroon 2021, the qualifiers resume on 9-17 November 2020 with the Day 3 & 4 matches whilst the penultimate and ultimate matches take place on 22-30 March 2021

“The 40 teams in contention for the five slots for Qatar 2022 will commence the journey between 31 May and 15 June 2021 with the Day 1 & 2 matches. From 30 August till 7 September, the Day 3 & 4 matches are expected to take place with Day 5 & 6 matches fixed for 4-12 October 2021.

“The Playoff matches have been scheduled for 8-16 November 2021,” a statement from CAF read.

Meanwhile, CAF is monitoring the situation closely and working with the relevant authorities with regards to hosting of the matches, and will make pronouncements accordingly in the event of developments that will affect playing a match at the designated venue.