.IOLsport ZaahierAdams explains the extensive process that Hugo Broos’s BafanaBafana need to undergo in their bid to be on the plane to Qatar next year. BafanaBafana
There are 40 teams that are divided into 10 groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The 10 group winners then advance to the third round, where they will play home-and-away over two legs. The five winners qualify for the World Cup.Bafana were drawn in Group G. They were drawn alongside Ghana , Zimbabwe and Ethiopia . Ghana’s Black Stars are the favourites to emerge from Group G.
*Current Fifa African rankings in brackets.The national team will play all their home matches at the FNB Stadium, the venue that hosted the opening and final game of the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Their first fixture is against southern African neighbours Zimbabwe at the National Sports Stadium in Harare on Friday, 3 September. They return home to face Ghana at the FNB Stadium on Monday, 6 September. All matches will be played in empty stadiums due to the current Covid-19 guidelines.
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