{"id":982864,"date":"2022-02-09T11:45:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T11:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/09\/caf-announces-dates-and-venues-for-ghana-vs-nigeria-clash\/"},"modified":"2022-02-09T11:45:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T11:45:32","slug":"caf-announces-dates-and-venues-for-ghana-vs-nigeria-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/09\/caf-announces-dates-and-venues-for-ghana-vs-nigeria-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF announces dates and venues for Ghana vs Nigeria clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ghana-vs-Nigeria-696x696.jpg\"   alt=\"Twitter\" title=\"Ghana vs Nigeria\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Confederation of African Football has revealed the dates for next month\u2019s 2022 World Cup qualification play-offs between Ghana and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The two West African heavyweights will rekindle their rivalry to secure one of the five African slots for the World\u2019s most anticipated tournament later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Per reports from Sports Journalists, George Addo, the Black Stars will face off with the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the first leg of their World Cup playoffs fixture on Thursday, March 24.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded World Cup playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Black Stars will host Nigeria&#8217;s Super Eagles on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at the  Cape Coast stadium <\/p>\n<p>The return leg will be played in Abuja on Sunday March 27, 2022 .<\/p>\n<p>\u2714\ufe0f\u2714\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WCQ2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WCQ2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/joysports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#joysports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VPkRHhEgYn\">pic.twitter.com\/VPkRHhEgYn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 -->&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 George Addo Jnr (@addojunr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/addojunr\/status\/1491090904710811648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The game will be hosted at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium as the Federation previously rejected a request from the GFA to move the game to the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The return leg is scheduled for March 27, three days after the first game at Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The winner from the two legs will represent the continent at the Mundial which is scheduled to take place from November 21 in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"WzZQN05tLNw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam on Adom TV (7-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WzZQN05tLNw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confederation of African Football has revealed the dates for next month\u2019s 2022 World Cup qualification play-offs between Ghana and Nigeria. 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