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Africa-Press – Angola. <\/strong><\/span>The National Football Team honors Wednesday meets its opponents for the qualifying group stage for the World Cup, taking place from June 8 to July 19, in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico.<\/b><\/p>\n

The draw takes place in the city of Cotonou, Benin.<\/p>\n

Angola is in Pot three, alongside Uganda, Benin, Mauritania, Kenya, Congo, Madagascar, Guinea-Bissau and Namibia.<\/p>\n

The first and second round matches will be played between the 13th and 21st of November of the current year.<\/p>\n

(Pot 1)<\/p>\n

Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Cameroon, Mali and Co\u0302te d’Ivoire<\/p>\n

(Pot 2)<\/p>\n

Burkina Faso, Ghana, South Africa, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Guinea, Zambia, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea<\/p>\n

(Pot 3)<\/p>\n

Angola, Uganda, Benin, Mauritania, Kenya, Congo, Madagascar, Guinea-Bissau and Namibia<\/p>\n

(Pot 4)<\/p>\n

Mozambique, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic (CAR), Malawi and Libya<\/p>\n

(Pot 5)<\/p>\n

Niger, Comoros, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Botswana and Liberia<\/p>\n

(Pot 6)<\/p>\n

Lesotho, South Sudan, Mauritius, Chad, Sao Tome and Principe, Djibouti, Seychelles, Eritrea and Somalia.<\/p>\n

The 54 African teams will be divided into nine groups of six national teams and will compete in qualifying in the system of all against all in two rounds.<\/p>\n

The winners of each of the groups automatically qualify for the final phase of the World Cup, while the four best runners-up will compete in a tournament of 4 teams, whose champion will play in the “Play-offs” of the confederations with the 10th classified for the African continent.<\/p>\n

Remember that the final phase of the World Cup will be played by 48 teams, against 32 in previous editions, in the host cities of Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Miami, Boston and New York (USA), Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City (Mexico), Vancouver and Toronto Canada).<\/p>\n

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