FIFA will stream African qualifying games for the
2022 World Cup live and free on its official website and YouTube channel.
It
follows the organisation’s request for an ‘irrevocable mandate’ to market the
media rights for all 54 Confederation of African Football (CAF) associations
qualifying fixtures, effectively centralising them.
With the
CAF members having agreed to hand over control, FIFA is now free to broadcast
games to viewers across the globe, starting with the first-round matches
featuring 28 teams which get underway from 4th September.
The
governing body added it would announce via its website which games would be
available to stream.
In a
statement, FIFA said: ‘Bringing this exciting action to a global audience for
the first time underscores FIFA’s ongoing digital transformation and its
ongoing efforts to support football development in Africa.’
The
decision comes amid a period of political unrest for CAF, which saw FIFA send
in its general secretary Fatma Samoura to take over the running of the
regional soccer confederation for an initial six months after the move was put
forward by CAF President Ahmad Ahamd.
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