2026 World Cup African Qualifiers: Fixtures, Results & Standings

Complete Overview: Results, Upcoming Matches, and Standings for the 2026 African World Cup Qualifiers

The African qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup are currently underway, showcasing intense and captivating football battles throughout the continent. Supporters are eagerly following the match schedules, as every game plays a crucial role in determining which nations will advance to the world’s biggest football tournament.

Recent match outcomes have shaken up the traditional hierarchy, with emerging teams challenging established football giants. The evolving group rankings reflect the fierce competition and unpredictability that define this qualification phase.

Latest Match Results from the 2026 African World Cup Qualifiers

Namibia triumphed 3-0 over Equatorial Guinea (Group H)
Rwanda and Zimbabwe played to a goalless draw (Group C)
DR Congo secured a 2-0 victory against Mauritania (Group B)
Ethiopia and Sierra Leone ended in a 0-0 stalemate (Group A)
Mozambique edged Botswana 3-2 (Group G)
Burundi narrowly defeated Gambia 3-2 (Group F)
Gabon overcame Kenya 2-1 (Group F)
Nigeria and Lesotho shared points with a 1-1 draw (Group C)
Algeria dominated Somalia 3-1 (Group G)
Egypt crushed Djibouti 6-0 (Group A)
Sudan and Togo drew 1-1 (Group B)
Cape Verde and Angola finished 0-0 (Group D)
Guinea beat Uganda 2-1 (Group G)
Libya won 1-0 against Eswatini (Group D)
Comoros outscored Central African Republic 4-2 (Group I)
Malawi edged Liberia 1-0 (Group H)
Ghana secured a 1-0 win over Madagascar (Group I)
Zambia defeated Congo 4-2 (Group E)
Côte d’Ivoire overwhelmed Seychelles 9-0 (Group F)
Mali beat Chad 3-1 (Group I)
Tunisia routed São Tomé and Príncipe 4-0 (Group H)
Cameroon won 3-0 against Mauritius (Group D)
Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau drew 1-1 (Group A)
South Africa narrowly beat Benin 2-1 (Group C)
Tanzania edged Niger 1-0 (Group E)
Senegal dominated South Sudan 4-0 (Group B)
Zimbabwe and Nigeria drew 1-1 (Group C)
Algeria defeated Mozambique 2-0 (Group G)
Gabon triumphed 2-1 over Burundi (Group F)
Egypt won 2-0 against Sierra Leone (Group A)
Sudan edged DR Congo 1-0 (Group B)
Guinea-Bissau beat Djibouti 1-0 (Group A)
Liberia defeated Equatorial Guinea 3-0 (Group H)
Kenya thrashed Seychelles 5-0 (Group F)
Côte d’Ivoire won 2-0 over Gambia (Group F)
Mali and Central African Republic drew 1-1 (Group I)
Madagascar beat Chad 3-0 (Group I)
Botswana edged Guinea 1-0 (Group G)
Burkina Faso defeated Ethiopia 3-0 (Group A)
Rwanda beat South Africa 2-0 (Group C)
Uganda won 1-0 against Somalia (Group G)
Cape Verde defeated Eswatini 2-0 (Group D)
Namibia won 2-0 over São Tomé and Príncipe (Group H)
Comoros secured a 1-0 victory against Ghana (Group I)
DR Congo beat Togo 1-0 (Group B)
Senegal and Togo drew 0-0 (Group B)
Morocco defeated Tanzania 2-0 (Group E)
Ghana outscored Central African Republic 4-3 (Group I)
South Africa beat Zimbabwe 3-1 (Group C)
Cameroon won 4-1 against Cape Verde (Group D)
Gambia thrashed Seychelles 5-1 (Group F)
DR Congo defeated Mauritania 2-0 (Group B)
Morocco secured a 6-0 forfeit win over Congo (Group E)
And many more thrilling encounters shaping the qualification landscape.

Current Standings in the 2026 African World Cup Qualifiers

Group A

Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points
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

Group B

Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points
DR Congo	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

Group C

Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points
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

Group D

Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points
Cape 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

Group E

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points
Morocco	5	5	0	14	2	12	15
Tanzania	5	3	2	5	4	1	9
Zambia	5	2	3	9	7	2	6
Niger	4	2	2	6	4	2	6
Congo	5	0	5	2	19	-17	0
Eritrea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group F

Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points
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

Group G

Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points
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

Group H

Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points
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

Group I

Team	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points
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 Republic	6	1	2	3	8	13	-5	5
Chad	6	0	0	6	1	15	-14	0

Upcoming Fixtures for the 2026 African World Cup Qualifiers

3 September 2025

Seychelles vs Gabon (Group F)

4 September 2025

Chad vs Ghana (Group I)
Mauritius vs Cape 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)
Cape 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)

Additional fixtures during 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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