Uganda has to outplay neighbours Kenya and Rwanda to qualify for 2022 World cup

 

After failing to qualify for AFCON 2022, The Uganda Cranes have shifted thier focus to the forthcoming Africa 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers that will get underway in June this year.

The Cranes will have to outplay their neighbours   Kenya and Rwanda in addition to Mali who they are pooled with in Group E.

Uganda is majorly referred as the gaint of CECAFA where both Rwanda and Kenya lay which gives the cranes better odds of topping the group.

The quest for a first ever appearance at the FIFA world cup for Uganda Cranes  will begin with a trip to Nairobi to face Kenya between 5th-8th June 2021.

Uganda will then return to action with a home fixture against Mali on matchday two. The dates will be between 11th -14th June.

Matchday three and four will be a double header against Rwanda with the first leg coming between 1st -4th September in Kigali before facing off in Kampala in a space of two-three days.

The penultimate game will see Uganda host Kenya in the first week of October and later end the group phase with a trip to Bamako, Mali between 10th-12th October.

The group winner after six games will go into the final qualifying phase that will have nine other group leaders.

There will be a draw for the final ten teams and the five winners on aggregate will represent Africa at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar next year.