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World Cup intercontinental playoffs to be single leg games
The intercontinental playoffs to qualify for next year's World Cup finals will be contested as single games rather than the usual two-legged, home and away format, FIFA said on Friday.
Published : 20 Nov 2021, 06:11 AM
Updated : 20 Nov 2021, 06:11 AM
The playoffs will feature the highest placed teams not to have automatically qualified from Africa, Asia, South America and the CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean) regions.
Four nations will compete for two spots in the finals which will be held in November 2022 in Qatar.
The playoffs were originally scheduled to take place over two legs in March 2022 but were rescheduled to June 2022 due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the qualifying schedule.
The games will be played at a neutral venue which is yet to be determined by football's global governing body.
The draw for the games will take place on Friday, following the draw for the European qualification playoffs.
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