2026 World Cup African Qualifiers: Fixtures, results, and standings
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The battle for a spot at the 2026 FIFA World Cup is heating up across Africa, with the qualifiers producing electrifying matches, surprising upsets, and dramatic shifts in the group tables.
Fans across the continent are following every kick with passion, as the fixtures bring together some of Africa’s biggest footballing nations and rising challengers. From nail-biting encounters to emphatic victories, each round of games is shaping the path to the global tournament.
The latest results have shaken up expectations, with traditional giants of African football facing stiff resistance from fast-emerging teams determined to claim their place on the world stage. Every match is proving crucial, not only for points but also for momentum, national pride, and the dream of representing Africa at football’s biggest event.
The group standings are shifting week by week, reflecting just how fierce and unpredictable the qualifiers have become. With only a limited number of World Cup slots available for the continent, every goal and every point could make the difference between qualification and heartbreak.
Here are the full results, upcoming fixtures, and current table standings from the 2026 African World Cup qualifiers, offering a complete picture of how the race to North America is unfolding.
African 2026 World Cup qualifiers match results
Equatorial Guinea 0–3 Namibia (Group H)
Rwanda 0–0 Zimbabwe (Group C)
DR Congo 2–0 Mauritania (Group B)
Ethiopia 0–0 Sierra Leone (Group A)
Botswana 2–3 Mozambique (Group G)
Burundi 3–2 Gambia (Group F)
Gabon 2–1 Kenya (Group F)
Nigeria 1–1 Lesotho (Group C)
Algeria 3–1 Somalia (Group G)
Egypt 6–0 Djibouti (Group A)
Sudan 1–1 Togo (Group B)
Cape Verde 0–0 Angola (Group D)
Guinea 2–1 Uganda (Group G)
Eswatini 0–1 Libya (Group D)
Comoros 4–2 Central African Republic (Group I)
Liberia 0–1 Malawi (Group H)
Ghana 1–0 Madagascar (Group I)
Zambia 4–2 Congo (Group E)
Côte d’Ivoire 9–0 Seychelles (Group F)
Mali 3–1 Chad (Group I)
Tunisia 4–0 São Tomé and Príncipe (Group H)
Cameroon 3–0 Mauritius (Group D)
Burkina Faso 1–1 Guinea-Bissau (Group A)
South Africa 2–1 Benin (Group C)
Niger 0–1 Tanzania (Group E)
Senegal 4–0 South Sudan (Group B)
Zimbabwe 1–1 Nigeria (Group C)
Mozambique 0–2 Algeria (Group G)
Burundi 1–2 Gabon (Group F)
Sierra Leone 0–2 Egypt (Group A)
Sudan 1–0 DR Congo (Group B)
Djibouti 0–1 Guinea-Bissau (Group A)
Liberia 3–0 Equatorial Guinea (Group H)
Seychelles 0–5 Kenya (Group F)
Gambia 0–2 Côte d’Ivoire (Group F)
Mali 1–1 Central African Republic (Group I)
Chad 0–3 Madagascar (Group I)
Botswana 1–0 Guinea (Group G)
Ethiopia 0–3 Burkina Faso (Group A)
Lesotho 0–0 Benin (Group C)
Malawi 0–1 Tunisia (Group H)
Rwanda 2–0 South Africa (Group C)
Somalia 0–1 Uganda (Group G)
Eswatini 0–2 Cape Verde (Group D)
São Tomé and Príncipe 0–2 Namibia (Group H)
South Sudan 0–0 Mauritania (Group B)
Mauritius 0–0 Angola (Group D)
Comoros 1–0 Ghana (Group I)
Togo 0–0 Senegal (Group B)
Libya 1–1 Cameroon (Group D)
Niger 2–1 Zambia (Group E)
Tanzania 0–2 Morocco (Group E)
Sierra Leone 2–1 Djibouti (Group A)
Togo 1–1 South Sudan (Group B)
Namibia 1–1 Liberia (Group H)
Tunisia 1–0 Equatorial Guinea (Group H)
Central African Republic 1–0 Chad (Group I)
Guinea-Bissau 0–0 Ethiopia (Group A)
Egypt 2–1 Burkina Faso (Group A)
Mauritania 0–2 Sudan (Group B)
Senegal 1–1 DR Congo (Group B)
Benin 1–0 Rwanda (Group C)
Libya 2–1 Mauritius (Group D)
Congo 0–3 Niger (Group E) — Forfeit
Algeria 1–2 Guinea (Group G)
Malawi 3–1 São Tomé and Príncipe (Group H)
Mali 1–2 Ghana (Group I)
Zimbabwe 0–2 Lesotho (Group C)
Nigeria 1–1 South Africa (Group C)
Angola 1–0 Eswatini (Group D)
Morocco 2–1 Zambia (Group E)
Kenya 1–1 Burundi (Group F)
Côte d’Ivoire 1–0 Gabon (Group F)
Mozambique 2–1 Somalia (Group G)
Uganda 1–0 Botswana (Group G)
Madagascar 2–1 Comoros (Group I)
Cameroon 4–1 Cape Verde (Group D)
Gambia 5–1 Seychelles (Group F)
Djibouti 1–1 Ethiopia (Group A)
DR Congo 1–0 Togo (Group B)
Mauritania 0–1 Senegal (Group B)
Namibia 0–0 Tunisia (Group H)
São Tomé and Príncipe 0–1 Liberia (Group H)
Burkina Faso 2–2 Sierra Leone (Group A)
Guinea-Bissau 1–1 Egypt (Group A)
Benin 2–1 Nigeria (Group C)
Guinea 0–1 Mozambique (Group G)
Uganda 1–2 Algeria (Group G)
Somalia 1–3 Botswana (Group G)
Equatorial Guinea 1–0 Malawi (Group H)
Ghana 4–3 Central African Republic (Group I)
South Sudan 0–3 Sudan (Group B)
South Africa 3–1 Zimbabwe (Group C)
Lesotho 0–1 Rwanda (Group C)
Cape Verde 1–0 Libya (Group D)
Angola 1–1 Cameroon (Group D)
Mauritius 2–1 Eswatini (Group D)
Zambia 0–1 Tanzania (Group E)
Congo 0–6 Morocco (Group E) — Forfeit
Gabon 3–2 Gambia (Group F)
Kenya 0–0 Côte d’Ivoire (Group F)
Seychelles 1–3 Burundi (Group F)
Madagascar 0–0 Mali (Group I)
Chad 0–2 Comoros (Group I)
Eswatini 0–0 Cameroon (Group D)
Liberia 0–1 Tunisia (Group H)
Central African Republic 1–2 Madagascar (Group I)
Mozambique 3–1 Uganda (Group G)
Cape Verde 1–0 Mauritius (Group D)
Sierra Leone 3–1 Guinea-Bissau (Group A)
Zimbabwe 2–2 Benin (Group C)
Malawi 0–1 Namibia (Group H)
Gambia 3–3 Kenya (Group F)
Gabon 3–0 Seychelles (Group F)
Comoros 0–3 Mali (Group I)
Libya 1–1 Angola (Group D)
Equatorial Guinea 2–0 São Tomé and Príncipe (Group H)
Botswana 1–3 Algeria (Group G)
Burkina Faso 4–1 Djibouti (Group A)
DR Congo 1–0 South Sudan (Group B)
Rwanda 0–2 Nigeria (Group C)
South Africa 0-3 Lesotho (Group C)
Burundi 0–1 Côte d’Ivoire (Group F)
Ghana 5–0 Chad (Group I)
Guinea 0–0 Somalia (Group G)
Ethiopia 0–2 Egypt (Group A)
Niger 1–2 Morocco (Group E)
Tanzania 3–0 Congo (Group E) — Forfeit
Togo 2–2 Mauritania (Group B)
Sudan 0–0 Senegal (Group B)
Eswatini 3–3 Mauritius (Group D)
Kenya 1–2 Gabon (Group F)
Namibia 1–1 Equatorial Guinea (Group H)
Liberia 2–1 São Tomé and Príncipe (Group H)
Central African Republic 0–0 Mali (Group I)
Guinea-Bissau 1–2 Burkina Faso (Group A)
Madagascar 0–3 Ghana (Group I)
Côte d’Ivoire 1–0 Gambia (Group F)
Ethiopia 6–1 Djibouti (Group A)
Tunisia 2–0 Malawi (Group H)
Botswana 2–0 Somalia (Group G)
Benin 0–2 South Africa (Group C)
Nigeria 1–1 Zimbabwe (Group C)
Angola 1–2 Cape Verde (Group D)
Rwanda 1–1 Lesotho (Group C)
Uganda 1–0 Guinea (Group G)
Burundi 5–0 Seychelles (Group F)
Cameroon 3–1 Libya (Group D)
Egypt 1–0 Sierra Leone (Group A)
Mauritania 0–2 DR Congo (Group B)
Sudan 1–1 South Sudan (Group B)
Senegal 2–0 Togo (Group B)
Comoros 1–0 Chad (Group I)
Morocco 2–0 Tanzania (Group E)
Algeria 5–1 Mozambique (Group G)
Congo 0–3 Zambia (Group E) — Forfeit
Chad 1-1 Ghana (Group I)
Mauritius 0-2 Cabo Verde (Group D)
São Tomé and Príncipe 2-3 Equatorial Guinea (Group H)
