WC Qualification 2026 Africa

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WC Qualification 2026 Africa

The CAF qualification was played with 54 teams (excluding Eritrea) across two rounds. Africa provides 10 teams at WC 2026.

1 Directly qualified → Playoff Play-off

Round 1 – 9 Groups6 teams per group, group winners directly qualified

The 54 teams were split into 9 groups of 6 (Group E has 5). All teams played home and away. The 9 group winners qualified directly for WC 2026.

Group A


1	EGY	10	+25 29:4	9	1	0	28
2	BFA	10	+7 18:11	5	2	3	17
3	GNB	10	+6 10:4	4	5	1	17
4	ETH	10	+1 12:11	4	3	3	15
5	SLE	10	-12 5:17	1	2	7	5
6	DJI	10	-27 0:27	0	1	9	1

1 Directly qualified 2 Play-off


Mon, Nov 13, 2023	EGY	GNB	2 : 2
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	BFA	DJI	4 : 0
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	SLE	ETH	1 : 1
Fri, Nov 17, 2023	GNB	DJI	3 : 0
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	EGY	SLE	3 : 0
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	ETH	BFA	2 : 1
Thu, Mar 21, 2024	SLE	GNB	0 : 0
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	DJI	EGY	0 : 1
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	BFA	ETH	2 : 2
Mon, Mar 25, 2024	EGY	DJI	6 : 0
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	SLE	BFA	0 : 2
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	GNB	ETH	0 : 0
Thu, Jun 6, 2024	ETH	EGY	0 : 1
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	GNB	BFA	1 : 1
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	DJI	SLE	0 : 3
Mon, Jun 10, 2024	SLE	EGY	0 : 3
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	BFA	GNB	1 : 0
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	DJI	ETH	0 : 4
Fri, Mar 21, 2025	EGY	ETH	5 : 0
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	BFA	SLE	3 : 0
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	GNB	DJI	1 : 0
Tue, Mar 25, 2025	ETH	GNB	0 : 1
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	DJI	BFA	0 : 3
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	SLE	EGY	1 : 2
Thu, Jun 5, 2025	ETH	SLE	2 : 0
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	EGY	BFA	4 : 1
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	GNB	DJI	0 : 0
Mon, Jun 9, 2025	BFA	EGY	0 : 2
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	DJI	GNB	0 : 2
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	SLE	ETH	0 : 1

Group B


1	SEN	10	+19 24:5	9	1	0	28
2	COD	10	+5 13:8	4	4	2	16
3	MTN	10	-1 10:11	4	3	3	15
4	SDN	10	-3 7:10	2	4	4	10
5	TOG	10	-5 8:13	2	3	5	9
6	SSD	10	-15 3:18	0	3	7	3

1 Directly qualified 2 Play-off


Mon, Nov 13, 2023	SEN	TOG	3 : 1
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	SDN	SSD	1 : 0
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	COD	MTN	4 : 1
Fri, Nov 17, 2023	MTN	SSD	2 : 1
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	TOG	COD	0 : 1
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	SEN	SDN	2 : 0
Thu, Mar 21, 2024	SSD	TOG	0 : 2
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	SDN	MTN	1 : 1
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	COD	SEN	1 : 1
Mon, Mar 25, 2024	TOG	SDN	1 : 1
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	MTN	COD	2 : 0
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	SSD	SEN	0 : 5
Thu, Jun 6, 2024	TOG	MTN	1 : 1
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	SSD	COD	0 : 0
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	SEN	SDN	1 : 0
Mon, Jun 10, 2024	MTN	SEN	0 : 1
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	TOG	SSD	0 : 0
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	COD	SDN	0 : 0
Fri, Mar 21, 2025	COD	SDN	2 : 0
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	SEN	SSD	4 : 0
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	MTN	TOG	1 : 0
Tue, Mar 25, 2025	SDN	COD	1 : 1
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	TOG	SEN	1 : 2
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	SSD	MTN	0 : 1
Thu, Jun 5, 2025	MTN	SDN	0 : 2
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	SEN	COD	3 : 1
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	TOG	SSD	2 : 1
Mon, Jun 9, 2025	COD	TOG	3 : 0
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	SDN	SEN	1 : 2
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	SSD	MTN	1 : 1

Group C


1	RSA	10	+11 15:4	7	1	2	22
2	NGA	10	+6 13:7	5	3	2	18
3	RWA	9	+8 11:3	4	4	1	16
4	BEN	10	-4 6:10	3	3	4	12
5	LES	10	-7 5:12	2	4	4	10
6	ZIM	11	-14 3:17	0	3	8	3

1 Directly qualified 2 Play-off


Mon, Nov 13, 2023	RSA	ZIM	2 : 0
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	NGA	LES	1 : 1
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	RWA	BEN	0 : 0
Fri, Nov 17, 2023	LES	RSA	0 : 1
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	BEN	ZIM	1 : 0
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	NGA	RWA	1 : 0
Thu, Mar 21, 2024	RSA	NGA	2 : 0
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	ZIM	RWA	1 : 2
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	LES	BEN	2 : 0
Mon, Mar 25, 2024	RWA	RSA	0 : 0
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	ZIM	LES	1 : 1
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	BEN	NGA	2 : 1
Thu, Jun 6, 2024	LES	RWA	0 : 0
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	ZIM	NGA	0 : 3
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	BEN	RSA	2 : 1
Mon, Jun 10, 2024	NGA	RSA	2 : 1
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	RWA	LES	4 : 0
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	ZIM	BEN	0 : 0
Fri, Mar 21, 2025	RSA	BEN	1 : 0
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	RWA	ZIM	3 : 0
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	NGA	ZIM	1 : 1
Tue, Mar 25, 2025	BEN	RWA	1 : 1
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	LES	NGA	0 : 0
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	ZIM	RSA	0 : 2
Thu, Jun 5, 2025	NGA	BEN	3 : 0
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	RWA	ZIM	1 : 0
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	RSA	LES	3 : 0
Mon, Jun 9, 2025	LES	RSA	0 : 2
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	BEN	LES	0 : 1
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	ZIM	NGA	0 : 1

Group D


1	CPV	10	+17 18:1	9	0	1	27
2	CMR	10	+15 19:4	9	0	1	27
3	ANG	10	+6 15:9	6	0	4	18
4	LBA	10	-5 9:14	3	2	5	11
5	SWZ	10	-12 4:16	1	1	8	4
6	MRI	10	-21 2:23	0	1	9	1

1 Directly qualified 2 Play-off


Mon, Nov 13, 2023	CMR	MRI	2 : 0
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	CPV	SWZ	2 : 0
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	ANG	LBA	2 : 0
Fri, Nov 17, 2023	CMR	ANG	3 : 1
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	LBA	SWZ	1 : 0
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	MRI	CPV	0 : 2
Thu, Mar 21, 2024	CPV	CMR	1 : 0
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	SWZ	ANG	0 : 1
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	MRI	LBA	1 : 1
Mon, Mar 25, 2024	ANG	CPV	0 : 1
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	LBA	MRI	2 : 0
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	CMR	SWZ	4 : 0
Thu, Jun 6, 2024	CPV	LBA	4 : 0
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	SWZ	CMR	0 : 2
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	ANG	MRI	3 : 0
Mon, Jun 10, 2024	CMR	LBA	2 : 1
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	MRI	ANG	0 : 4
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	SWZ	CPV	0 : 1
Fri, Mar 21, 2025	CPV	ANG	3 : 0
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	LBA	CMR	0 : 1
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	MRI	SWZ	0 : 3
Tue, Mar 25, 2025	SWZ	LBA	1 : 1
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	ANG	CMR	0 : 2
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	MRI	CPV	0 : 2
Thu, Jun 5, 2025	CMR	CPV	1 : 0
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	LBA	MRI	2 : 1
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	ANG	SWZ	2 : 0
Mon, Jun 9, 2025	SWZ	ANG	0 : 2
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	CPV	MRI	2 : 0
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	LBA	CMR	1 : 2

Group E


1	MAR	11	+23 26:3	9	1	1	28
2	TAN	10	-2 8:10	4	4	2	16
3	ZAM	10	+1 10:9	4	3	3	15
4	NIG	11	-13 6:19	2	3	6	9
5	CGO	10	-9 4:13	0	3	7	3

1 Directly qualified 2 Play-off


Mon, Nov 13, 2023	MAR	TAN	3 : 0
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	NIG	CGO	1 : 1
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	ZAM	NIG	2 : 0
Fri, Nov 17, 2023	TAN	CGO	1 : 0
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	MAR	NIG	4 : 0
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	ZAM	MAR	0 : 0
Thu, Mar 21, 2024	CGO	ZAM	1 : 2
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	MAR	ZAM	3 : 0
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	NIG	TAN	0 : 0
Mon, Mar 25, 2024	TAN	ZAM	1 : 0
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	CGO	NIG	0 : 1
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	MAR	CGO	2 : 0
Thu, Jun 6, 2024	CGO	MAR	0 : 2
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	ZAM	CGO	1 : 1
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	TAN	NIG	2 : 0
Mon, Jun 10, 2024	NIG	MAR	0 : 3
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	ZAM	TAN	1 : 1
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	CGO	TAN	0 : 1
Fri, Mar 21, 2025	MAR	TAN	4 : 0
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	NIG	ZAM	2 : 1
Tue, Mar 25, 2025	ZAM	MAR	2 : 0
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	TAN	NIG	1 : 1
Thu, Jun 5, 2025	MAR	NIG	3 : 0
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	TAN	CGO	1 : 1
Mon, Jun 9, 2025	CGO	ZAM	0 : 1
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	NIG	MAR	1 : 2

Group F


1	CIV	10	+24 28:4	9	1	0	28
2	GAB	10	+6 17:11	6	1	3	19
3	GAM	10	+3 10:7	5	1	4	16
4	KEN	10	+0 13:13	4	2	4	14
5	BDI	10	-10 7:17	2	1	7	7
6	SEY	10	-23 0:23	0	2	8	2

1 Directly qualified 2 Play-off


Mon, Nov 13, 2023	CIV	SEY	3 : 0
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	GAM	BDI	1 : 0
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	GAB	KEN	1 : 1
Fri, Nov 17, 2023	CIV	GAM	2 : 1
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	SEY	GAB	0 : 2
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	KEN	BDI	2 : 1
Thu, Mar 21, 2024	GAB	CIV	1 : 2
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	BDI	SEY	0 : 0
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	GAM	KEN	1 : 0
Mon, Mar 25, 2024	SEY	GAM	0 : 3
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	KEN	CIV	1 : 1
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	BDI	GAB	0 : 2
Thu, Jun 6, 2024	GAB	GAM	2 : 0
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	SEY	KEN	0 : 4
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	BDI	CIV	0 : 3
Mon, Jun 10, 2024	CIV	BDI	4 : 0
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	KEN	SEY	2 : 0
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	GAM	GAB	2 : 1
Fri, Mar 21, 2025	CIV	GAB	3 : 1
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	KEN	GAM	1 : 0
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	SEY	BDI	0 : 3
Tue, Mar 25, 2025	BDI	SEY	2 : 0
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	GAB	KEN	2 : 1
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	GAM	CIV	0 : 1
Thu, Jun 5, 2025	CIV	KEN	5 : 0
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	GAB	BDI	3 : 1
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	GAM	SEY	0 : 0
Mon, Jun 9, 2025	SEY	CIV	0 : 4
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	KEN	GAB	1 : 2
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	BDI	GAM	0 : 2

Group G


1	ALG	9	+24 25:1	8	1	0	25
2	UGA	10	+8 16:8	6	2	2	20
3	GUI	10	+6 12:6	5	4	1	19
4	MOZ	11	-7 9:16	4	2	5	14
5	BOT	10	-8 6:14	2	1	7	7
6	SOM	10	-23 0:23	0	0	10	0

1 Directly qualified 2 Play-off


Mon, Nov 13, 2023	UGA	SOM	3 : 0
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	ALG	GUI	2 : 0
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	MOZ	BOT	2 : 1
Fri, Nov 17, 2023	GUI	MOZ	0 : 0
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	BOT	UGA	0 : 1
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	ALG	SOM	4 : 0
Thu, Mar 21, 2024	UGA	BOT	2 : 0
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	MOZ	ALG	0 : 2
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	SOM	GUI	0 : 2
Mon, Mar 25, 2024	GUI	UGA	2 : 0
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	BOT	ALG	0 : 2
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	SOM	MOZ	0 : 1
Thu, Jun 6, 2024	SOM	ALG	0 : 5
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	BOT	GUI	1 : 1
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	MOZ	UGA	2 : 2
Mon, Jun 10, 2024	GUI	MOZ	2 : 1
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	ALG	UGA	3 : 0
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	BOT	SOM	2 : 0
Fri, Mar 21, 2025	ALG	MOZ	4 : 0
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	UGA	GUI	1 : 1
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	SOM	BOT	0 : 1
Tue, Mar 25, 2025	MOZ	SOM	1 : 0
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	GUI	ALG	1 : 1
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	BOT	UGA	0 : 2
Thu, Jun 5, 2025	ALG	BOT	2 : 0
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	UGA	MOZ	3 : 0
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	GUI	SOM	2 : 0
Mon, Jun 9, 2025	SOM	UGA	0 : 2
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	BOT	MOZ	1 : 2
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	MOZ	GUI	0 : 1

Group H


1	TUN	10	+23 26:3	8	1	1	25
2	NAM	10	+9 15:6	8	0	2	24
3	EQG	10	+0 11:11	4	3	3	15
4	MWI	11	-11 5:16	3	2	6	11
5	LBR	10	-5 10:15	2	3	5	9
6	STP	9	-16 0:16	0	1	8	1

1 Directly qualified 2 Play-off


Mon, Nov 13, 2023	TUN	NAM	2 : 0
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	EQG	STP	0 : 0
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	LBR	MWI	1 : 1
Fri, Nov 17, 2023	TUN	STP	4 : 0
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	NAM	LBR	2 : 1
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	MWI	EQG	1 : 1
Thu, Mar 21, 2024	STP	NAM	0 : 2
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	MWI	LBR	1 : 0
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	EQG	TUN	0 : 2
Mon, Mar 25, 2024	LBR	TUN	2 : 2
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	NAM	EQG	2 : 0
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	STP	MWI	0 : 1
Thu, Jun 6, 2024	MWI	TUN	0 : 2
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	STP	LBR	0 : 3
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	EQG	NAM	2 : 1
Mon, Jun 10, 2024	TUN	LBR	5 : 0
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	NAM	MWI	3 : 0
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	EQG	STP	2 : 0
Fri, Mar 21, 2025	TUN	EQG	4 : 0
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	NAM	STP	1 : 0
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	LBR	MWI	0 : 1
Tue, Mar 25, 2025	EQG	LBR	1 : 1
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	STP	TUN	0 : 2
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	MWI	NAM	0 : 1
Thu, Jun 5, 2025	TUN	MWI	3 : 0
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	LBR	NAM	1 : 2
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	EQG	MWI	3 : 0
Mon, Jun 9, 2025	STP	LBR	0 : 1
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	MWI	EQG	0 : 2
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	NAM	TUN	1 : 0

Group I


1	GHA	10	+22 26:4	9	0	1	27
2	MLI	10	+13 20:7	7	1	2	22
3	MAD	10	-1 11:12	6	1	3	19
4	COM	10	+1 10:9	5	1	4	16
5	CHA	10	-16 3:19	1	0	9	3
6	CAF	10	-19 1:20	0	1	9	1

1 Directly qualified 2 Play-off


Mon, Nov 13, 2023	GHA	COM	2 : 0
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	MLI	CHA	2 : 1
Mon,Nov 13, 2023	MAD	CAF	1 : 0
Fri, Nov 17, 2023	GHA	MAD	3 : 0
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	COM	MLI	2 : 1
Fri,Nov 17, 2023	CHA	CAF	1 : 0
Thu, Mar 21, 2024	MLI	GHA	3 : 0
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	CAF	COM	0 : 0
Thu,Mar 21, 2024	CHA	MAD	0 : 2
Mon, Mar 25, 2024	COM	MAD	0 : 1
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	CAF	MLI	0 : 3
Mon,Mar 25, 2024	GHA	CHA	4 : 0
Thu, Jun 6, 2024	MAD	MLI	2 : 2
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	CAF	GHA	0 : 2
Thu,Jun 6, 2024	CHA	COM	0 : 2
Mon, Jun 10, 2024	GHA	MLI	2 : 0
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	COM	CAF	1 : 0
Mon,Jun 10, 2024	MAD	CHA	2 : 0
Fri, Mar 21, 2025	GHA	CAF	5 : 0
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	MLI	COM	2 : 0
Fri,Mar 21, 2025	MAD	CHA	1 : 0
Tue, Mar 25, 2025	COM	GHA	1 : 2
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	CAF	MAD	1 : 2
Tue,Mar 25, 2025	CHA	MLI	0 : 1
Thu, Jun 5, 2025	GHA	MAD	4 : 0
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	MLI	CAF	3 : 0
Thu,Jun 5, 2025	COM	CHA	2 : 1
Mon, Jun 9, 2025	CAF	COM	0 : 2
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	MAD	GHA	0 : 2
Mon,Jun 9, 2025	CHA	MLI	0 : 3

Round 2 – Play-off4 group runners-up, completed November 2025

The four best group runners-up played a play-off tournament for the 10th African WC spot.

Playoff


Thu, Sep 4, 2025	CMR	BFA	2 : 1
Thu,Sep 4, 2025	NGA	COD	1 : 1
Tue, Sep 9, 2025	BFA	CMR	2 : 1
Tue,Sep 9, 2025	COD	NGA	3 : 1
Thu, Nov 13, 2025	NGA	CMR	2 : 2
Thu,Nov 13, 2025	COD	BFA	2 : 0
Mon, Nov 17, 2025	CMR	NGA	1 : 1
Mon,Nov 17, 2025	BFA	COD	1 : 2

Qualified:

DR Congo ✓

Qualified Teams Africa

Morocco

Tunisia

Egypt

Algeria

Ghana

Cape Verde

Senegal

South Africa

Ivory Coast

DR Congo

FIFA World Ranking Africa: Top 10 » Overview

Pos	Team	Points	+-
7	Morocco	1805	-1
18	Senegal	1649	+5
25	Egypt	1586	+11
28	Algeria	1575	+2
29	Ivory Coast	1569	-4
30	Nigeria	1568	+17
40	DR Congo	1506	-11
42	Cameroon	1485	-4
47	Mali	1474	-19
48	South Africa	1469	-18

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