The last group of foreign based players will arrive in the country on Monday, November 8 ahead of 2022 World/Africa qualifier against Mali. Rwanda will host Mali at Kigali Stadium on November 11 before facing Kenya on November 14, 2021. Thierry Manzi, Emery Mvuyekure, Clément Buhake, Jean Philippe Rutabayiro, Djihad Bizimana arrived over the weekend while Raphael York, Bryan Clovis Ngwabije, Emmanuel Imanishimwe, and Emmanuel Imanishimwe and Salomon Nirisarike jet in on Monday. The national team is camped at the Sainte Famille Hotel while training takes place at Kigali Stadium. Mali leads Group E with 10 points, Uganda is second with eight points, Kenya is third with two points while Rwanda is last with only one point. The final round will see ten teams drawn into five home and away ties, with the five winners automatically securing tickets to represent Africa at the Fifa World Cup 2022. Only the group’s top team is guaranteed a spot into the final phase of the qualifiers.
