2026 World Cup African Qualifiers: Fixtures, results, and standings

Here are the full results, fixtures and current table standings of all countries playing the 2026 African World Cup qualifiers.

The 2026 World Cup African Qualifiers are in full swing, delivering thrilling football action across the continent. Fans are keeping a close eye on the fixtures, with each match shaping the journey to the global stage.

The latest results are redefining expectations as traditional powerhouses face strong competition from emerging teams. Meanwhile, the group standings continue to shift dramatically, highlighting just how competitive the race to secure a place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup has become.

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 2–0 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

2026 World Cup African Qualifiers standings

Group A

Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	6	5	1	0	14	2	12	16
Burkina Faso	6	3	2	1	13	7	6	11
Sierra Leone	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
Ethiopia	6	1	3	2	7	7	0	6
Guinea-Bissau	6	1	3	2	5	7	-2	6
Djibouti	6	0	1	5	4	20	-16	1

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Group B

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

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Group C

Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Africa	6	4	1	1	10	5	5	13
Rwanda	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	8
Benin	6	2	2	2	6	7	-1	8
Nigeria	6	1	4	1	7	6	1	7
Lesotho	6	1	3	2	4	5	-1	6
Zimbabwe	6	0	4	2	5	9	-4	4

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Group D

Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cabo Verde	6	4	1	1	7	5	2	13
Cameroon	6	3	3	0	12	4	8	12
Libya	6	2	2	2	6	7	-1	8
Angola	6	1	4	1	4	4	0	7
Mauritius	6	1	2	3	6	10	-4	5
Eswatini	6	0	2	4	4	9	-5	2

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Group E

Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	5	5	0	0	14	2	12	15
Tanzania	5	3	0	2	5	4	1	9
Zambia	5	2	0	3	9	7	2	6
Niger	4	2	0	2	6	4	2	6
Congo	5	0	0	5	2	19	-17	0
Eritrea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group F

Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Côte d’Ivoire	6	5	1	0	14	0	14	16
Gabon	6	5	0	1	12	6	6	15
Burundi	6	3	1	2	13	7	6	10
Kenya	6	1	3	2	11	8	3	6
The Gambia	6	1	1	4	12	13	-1	4
Seychelles	6	0	0	6	2	30	-28	0

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Group G

Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	6	5	0	1	16	6	10	15
Mozambique	6	4	0	2	10	11	-1	12
Botswana	6	3	0	3	9	8	1	9
Uganda	6	3	0	3	6	7	-1	9
Guinea	6	2	1	3	4	5	-1	7
Somalia	6	0	1	5	3	11	-8	1

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Group H

Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	6	5	1	0	9	0	9	16
Namibia	6	3	3	0	8	2	6	12
Liberia	6	3	1	2	7	4	3	10
Equatorial Guinea	6	2	1	3	4	8	-4	7
Malawi	6	2	0	4	4	6	-2	6
São Tomé & Príncipe	6	0	0	6	2	14	-12	0

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Group I

Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	6	5	0	1	15	5	10	15
Comoros	6	4	0	2	9	7	2	12
Madagascar	6	3	1	2	9	6	3	10
Mali	6	2	3	1	8	4	4	9
Central African Rep.	6	1	2	3	8	13	-5	5
Chad	6	0	0	6	1	15	-14	0

2026 World Cup qualifiers fixtures

3 September 2025

• Seychelles vs Gabon (Group F)

4 September 2025

• Chad vs Ghana (Group I)
• Mauritius vs Cabo Verde (Group D)
• São Tomé and Príncipe vs Equatorial Guinea (Group H)
• Angola vs Libya (Group D)
• Madagascar vs Central African Republic (Group I)
• Guinea-Bissau vs Sierra Leone (Group A)
• Tunisia vs Liberia (Group H)
• Algeria vs Botswana (Group G)
• Cameroon vs Eswatini (Group D)
• Mali vs Comoros (Group I)
• Senegal vs Sudan (Group B)

5 September 2025

• Somalia vs Guinea (Group G)
• Namibia vs Malawi (Group H)
• Kenya vs Gambia (Group F)
• South Sudan vs DR Congo (Group B)
• Uganda vs Mozambique (Group G)
• Lesotho vs South Africa (Group C)
• Congo vs Tanzania (Group E)
• Djibouti vs Burkina Faso (Group A)
• Benin vs Zimbabwe (Group C)
• Mauritania vs Togo (Group B)
• Côte d’Ivoire vs Burundi (Group F)
• Egypt vs Ethiopia (Group A)
• Morocco vs Niger (Group E)

6 September 2025

• Nigeria vs Rwanda (Group C)

7 September 2025

• Central African Republic vs Comoros (Group I)

8 September 2025

• Mozambique vs Botswana (Group G)
• Zambia vs Morocco (Group E)
• Equatorial Guinea vs Tunisia (Group H)
• Malawi vs Liberia (Group H)
• Guinea-Bissau vs Djibouti (Group A)
• Guinea vs Algeria (Group G)
• Uganda vs Somalia (Group G)
• Madagascar vs Chad (Group I)
• Ghana vs Mali (Group I)
• Libya vs Eswatini (Group D)

9 September 2025

• Burkina Faso vs Egypt (Group A)
• Sierra Leone vs Ethiopia (Group A)
• DR Congo vs Senegal (Group B)
• Mauritania vs South Sudan (Group B)
• Togo vs Sudan (Group B)
• South Africa vs Nigeria (Group C)
• Benin vs Lesotho (Group C)
• Zimbabwe vs Rwanda (Group C)
• Cabo Verde vs Cameroon (Group D)
• Angola vs Mauritius (Group D)
• Tanzania vs Niger (Group E)
• Gabon vs Côte d’Ivoire (Group F)
• Kenya vs Seychelles (Group F)
• Gambia vs Burundi (Group F)
• Namibia vs São Tomé and Príncipe (Group H)

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)