{"id":17544,"date":"2022-03-23T18:03:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T18:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/fifa-in-world-cup-qualifiers-schedule-chaos"},"modified":"2022-03-23T18:19:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T18:19:49","slug":"fifa-in-world-cup-qualifiers-schedule-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/fifa-in-world-cup-qualifiers-schedule-chaos","title":{"rendered":"FIFA in World Cup qualifiers schedule chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Cook Islands and Vanuatu have withdrawn from World Cup qualification due to COVID-19. Matthew Ashton &#8211; AMA via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>FIFA have changed the format of the World Cup qualification tournament for the Oceania region after the Cook Islands and Vanuatu withdrew due to cases of COVID-19 that affected their national teams, world football&#8217;s governing body said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Cook Islands and Vanuatu were in Group A but FIFA said all matches involving the two teams &#8220;shall be deemed to have not taken place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Don&#8217;t have ESPN? Get instant access<\/p>\n<p>That leaves the other two teams in the group, Solomon Islands and Tahiti, to play their group fixture on Thursday, which will be considered a single playoff match to determine the winner and runner-up of Group A.<\/p>\n<p>If the match ends in a draw, they will play extra time and go to penalties if needed.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand have already advanced from Group B, with Papua New Guinea and Fiji &#8212; level on three points each &#8212; fighting for the second spot when they face each other.<\/p>\n<p>Oceania, which does not have an automatic spot at the World Cup, is staging a mini-tournament in Doha to decide which team advances to an intercontinental playoff for a place at the finals.<\/p>\n<p>The winners of the March 17-30 competition will face the fourth-placed team from the CONCACAF region, which features sides from North and Central America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. 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