By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau
Even as Nigerian football fans are still licking their wounds after Ghana edged Nigeria on away goals rule, the five African nations heading to Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup were confirmed on Tuesday night.
Cameroon, Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana and Senegal will represent the African continent under the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) in the first ever November/December World Cup final billed for Qatar.
All five qualifiers booked their places at Qatar 2022 by winning two-legged playoffs.
Those playoffs turned out to be largely close affairs as the away goals rule sent Cameroon and Ghana through, while Senegal beat Egypt in a penalty shootout.
Elsewhere, Tunisia held on for a 0-0 draw against Mali to see them prevail 1-0 on aggregate, while Morocco were the only big winners on Tuesday as they thrashed DR Congo 4-1 (5-2 on aggregate).
Below are the five African teams going to Qatar 2022:
Cameroon
Morocco
Tunisia
Ghana
Senegal
