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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)
  • Angola 0-1 Libya (Group D)
  • Madagascar 2-0 Central African Republic (Group I)
  • Guinea Bissau 1-1 Sierra Leone (Group A)
  • Tunisia 3-0 Liberia (Group H)
  • Algeria 3-1 Botswana (Group G)
  • Cameroon 3-0 Eswatini (Group D)
  • Mali 3-0 Comoros (Group I)
  • Kenya 1-3 Gambia
  • Namibia 1-2 Malawi
  • Somalia 0-3 Guinea
  • South Sudan 1-4 DR Congo
  • Benin 1-0 Zimbabwe
  • Congo 1-1 Tanzania
  • Uganda 4-0 Mozambique
  • Djibouti 0-5 Burkina Faso
  • Lesotho 0-3 South Africa
  • Senegal 2-0 Sudan
  • Morocco 5-0 Niger
  • Mauritania 2-0 Togo
  • Egypt 2-0 Ethiopia
  • Ivory Coast 1-0 Burundi
  • Nigeria 1-0 Rwanda
  • Central African Republic 0-2 Comoros
  • Mozambique 2-0 Botswana
  • Zambia 0-2 Morocco
  • Equatorial Guinea 0-1 Tunisia
  • Malawi 2-2 Liberia
  • Guinea Bissau 2-0 Djibouti
  • Guinea 0-0 Algeria
  • Uganda 2-0 Somalia
  • Madagascar 3-1 Chad
  • Ghana 1-0 Mali
  • Libya 2-0 Eswatini
  • Burkina Faso 0-0 Egypt
  • Sierra Leone 2-0 Ethiopia
  • Congo DR 2-3 Senegal
  • Mauritania 0-0 South Sudan
  • Togo 1-0 Sudan
  • South Africa 1-1 Nigeria
  • Benin 4-0 Lesotho
  • Zimbabwe 0-1 Rwanda
  • Cabo Verde 1-0 Cameroon
  • Angola 3-1 Mauritius
  • Tanzania 0-1 Niger
  • Gabon 0-0 Côte d’Ivoire
  • Kenya 5-0 Seychelles
  • The Gambia 2-0 Burundi
  • Namibia 3-0 São Tomé and Príncipe

2026 World Cup African Qualifiers standings

Group A

Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Egypt 8 6 2 0 16 2 14 20
Burkina Faso 8 4 3 1 19 7 12 15
Sierra Leone 8 3 3 2 10 8 2 12
Guinea-Bissau 8 2 4 2 8 8 0 10
Ethiopia 8 1 3 4 7 11 -4 6
Djibouti 8 0 1 7 4 28 -24 1

Group B

Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Senegal 8 5 3 0 13 3 10 18
Congo DR 8 5 1 2 13 6 7 16
Sudan 8 3 3 2 8 5 3 12
Togo 8 1 4 3 5 9 -4 7
Mauritania 8 1 3 4 4 9 -5 6
South Sudan 8 0 4 4 3 14 -11 4

Group C

Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Africa 8 4 2 2 11 6 3 14
Benin 8 4 2 2 11 7 4 14
Nigeria 8 2 5 1 9 7 2 11
Rwanda 8 3 2 3 5 5 0 11
Lesotho 8 1 3 4 7 9 -5 9
Zimbabwe 8 0 4 4 5 11 -6 4

Group D

Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Cabo Verde 8 6 1 1 10 5 5 19
Cameroon 8 4 3 1 15 5 10 15
Libya 8 4 2 2 9 7 2 14
Angola 8 2 4 2 7 6 1 10
Mauritius 8 1 2 5 7 15 -8 5
Eswatini 8 0 2 6 4 14 -10 2

Group E

Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Morocco 7 7 0 0 21 2 19 21
Tanzania 7 3 1 3 6 6 0 10
Niger 6 3 0 3 7 9 -2 9
Zambia 6 2 0 4 9 9 0 6
Congo 6 0 1 5 3 20 -17 1
Eritrea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group F

Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Côte d’Ivoire 8 6 2 0 15 0 15 20
Gabon 8 6 1 1 16 6 10 19
The Gambia 8 3 1 4 17 14 3 10
Burundi 8 3 1 4 13 10 3 10
Kenya 8 2 3 3 17 11 6 9
Seychelles 8 0 0 8 2 39 -37 0

Group G

Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Algeria 8 6 1 1 19 7 12 19
Uganda 8 5 0 3 12 7 5 15
Mozambique 8 5 0 3 12 15 -3 15
Guinea 8 3 2 3 7 5 2 11
Botswana 8 3 0 5 10 13 -3 9
Somalia 8 0 1 7 3 16 -13 1

Group H

Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia 8 7 1 0 13 0 13 22
Namibia 8 4 3 1 12 4 8 15
Liberia 8 3 2 3 9 9 0 11
Malawi 8 3 1 4 8 9 -1 10
Equatorial Guinea 8 3 1 4 7 11 -4 10
São Tomé & Príncipe 8 0 0 8 4 20 -16 0

Group I

Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ghana 8 6 1 1 17 6 11 19
Madagascar 8 5 1 2 14 7 7 16
Comoros 8 5 0 3 11 10 1 15
Mali 8 3 3 2 11 5 6 12
Central African Republic 8 1 2 5 8 17 -9 5
Chad 8 0 1 7 3 19 -16 1

2026 World Cup qualifiers fixtures

6–14 October 2025

  • Djibouti vs Egypt (Group A)
  • Sierra Leone vs Burkina Faso (Group A)
  • Ethiopia vs Guinea-Bissau (Group A)
  • South Sudan vs Senegal (Group B)
  • Togo vs DR Congo (Group B)
  • Sudan vs Mauritania (Group B)
  • Lesotho vs Nigeria (Group C)
  • Zimbabwe vs South Africa (Group C)
  • Rwanda vs Benin (Group C)
  • Mauritius vs Cameroon (Group D)
  • Libya vs Cape Verde (Group D)
  • Eswatini vs Angola (Group D)
  • Tanzania vs Zambia (Group E)
  • Niger vs Congo (Group E)
  • Seychelles vs Côte d’Ivoire (Group F)
  • Gambia vs Gabon (Group F)
  • Burundi vs Kenya (Group F)
  • Somalia vs Algeria (Group G)
  • Mozambique vs Guinea (Group G)
  • Botswana vs Uganda (Group G)
  • São Tomé and Príncipe vs Tunisia (Group H)
  • Malawi vs Equatorial Guinea (Group H)
  • Liberia vs Namibia (Group H)
  • Chad vs Mali (Group I)
  • Central African Republic vs Ghana (Group I)
  • Comoros vs Madagascar (Group I)

6–14 October 2025

  • Burkina Faso vs Ethiopia (Group A)
  • Djibouti vs Sierra Leone (Group A)
  • Egypt vs Guinea-Bissau (Group A)
  • DR Congo vs Sudan (Group B)
  • South Sudan vs Togo (Group B)
  • Senegal vs Mauritania (Group B)
  • South Africa vs Rwanda (Group C)
  • Lesotho vs Zimbabwe (Group C)
  • Nigeria vs Benin (Group C)
  • Cape Verde vs Eswatini (Group D)
  • Mauritius vs Libya (Group D)
  • Cameroon vs Angola (Group D)
  • Zambia vs Niger (Group E)
  • Morocco vs Congo (Group E)
  • Gabon vs Burundi (Group F)
  • Seychelles vs Gambia (Group F)
  • Côte d’Ivoire vs Kenya (Group F)
  • Guinea vs Botswana (Group G)
  • Somalia vs Mozambique (Group G)
  • Algeria vs Uganda (Group G)
  • Equatorial Guinea vs Liberia (Group H)
  • São Tomé and Príncipe vs Malawi (Group H)
  • Tunisia vs Namibia (Group H)
  • Ghana vs Comoros (Group I)
  • Chad vs Central African Republic (Group I)
  • Mali vs Madagascar (Group I)
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