World Cup qualifiers

As Nigeria prepare to face Ghana, Goals looks at previous meetings between these teams in the World Cup qualifiers.

Nigeria and Ghana met for the fourth time in the history of the Fifa World Cup qualifiers. In another failed attempt to qualify for the World Cup, Nigeria paired Ghana in the Second Round after breezing past Congo in the first leg. For the first time in the history of Fifa World Cup qualifiers, Nigeria got the upper hand against Ghana. Having suffered a humiliating defeat in the first leg First Round of qualifiers, Nigeria needed a comprehensive win to stand a chance of qualifying for the next round. This is the first time the two teams met in a World Cup qualifier – and it ended on a sour note for Nigeria as they were decimated in Accra. Nigeria vs Ghana in Fifa World Cup Qualifiers: A history

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There won't be any third-place teams progressing to the knockouts, as we saw at Euro 2020 this summer. This process has been disrupted by Covid, however, with a number of nations pulling out. - New Zealand vs New Caledonia - Thursday, March 24 at 5pm The top two places have already been decided in Group A, with Iran and South Korea unable to be caught. Crucially, qualification is in Australia's hands. Second-placed Japan are three points ahead of Australia. It's Canada who sit in pole position, four points above USA in second and eight ahead of Panama in fourth. These matches will all take place on Tuesday, March 29. - Panama vs Canada - Thursday, March 31 at 2.05am - Jamaica vs Honduras - Thursday, March 31 at 2.05am In Europe, it was Germany who first confirmed their qualification, with Denmark swiftly following. it's all still to play for in qualifiers

All eyes are on Africa's third and final round of the qualification with the two-legged ties set to be played on March 25 and March 29.

The experienced goalkeeper is a permanent fixture in the Nigeria squad having been the first-choice at the 2019 Afcon finals in Egypt where he helped the Super Eagles finish third. However, Ndah is not part of the current squad which will face Ghana's Black Stars, but he will be hoping that the Super Eagles overcome their West African rivals and book their spot in the finals which will be hosted by Qatar later this year. The 24-year-old defender, who has been one of Pirares' standout performers this season, was part of the Nigeria squad at the 2021 Afcon finals in Cameroon where he played against Guinea-Bissau.

FIFA announced on Wednesday it has changed the format of the World Cup qualification tournament for the Oceania region due to COVID-19.

That leaves the other two teams in the group, Solomon Islands and Tahiti, to play their group fixture on Thursday, which will be considered a single playoff match to determine the winner and runner-up of Group A. Oceania, which does not have an automatic spot at the World Cup, is staging a mini-tournament in Doha to decide which team advances to an intercontinental playoff for a place at the finals. Both the Cook Islands and Vanuatu were in Group A but FIFA said all matches involving the two teams "shall be deemed to have not taken place."

UEFA World Cup qualifying draw · Path A: Wales, Austria, Scotland, and Ukraine. · Routes: Wales and Austria meet in Cardiff this month to decide who will face Scotland or Ukraine in Cardiff or Vienna this June. · Path B: Sweden, Czech Republic, and Poland.

Despite their status as reigning European champions, there is no bye for the Italians into the World Cup, and not only did they fait to automatically qualify they lost on a stunning extra time goal to North Macedonia and won't even make the finals. In the event of level scores after 90 minutes, there will be 30 minutes of extra time which will enable sixth substitutions. The 12 teams were then split into three groups of four on paths A, B and C which will each crown a qualifier after a semifinal and a final. Wales defeated Austria 2-1 behind two goals from Gareth Bale including a stunning free kick to open the scoring. Ten teams from Europe have already qualified for the World Cup. Twelve more teams are competing for the remaining three slots. Thursday saw one of the most shocking results in recent international soccer history as Italy got dumped out of qualification by North Macedonia.

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The players are happy with that, and hopefully, we won’t disappoint them." Our players are confident and know that the Egyptians want to qualify for the World Cup," he added. "We thank the officials for allowing fans to attend the game.