2026 World Cup African Qualifiers: Fixtures, results, and standings
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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 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
- Ethiopia 1-0 Guinea-Bissau (Group A)
- Sierra Leone 0-1 Burkina Faso (Group A)
- Djibouti 0-3 Egypt (Group A)
- Eswatini 2-2 Angola (Group D)
- Mauritius 0-2 Cameroon (Group D)
- Libya 3-3 Cabo Verde (Group D)
- Tanzania 0-1 Zambia (Group E)
- Niger 3-1 Congo (Group E)
- Chad 0-2 Mali (Group I)
- Central African Republic 0-5 Ghana (Group I)
- Comoros 1-2 Madagascar (Group I)
- Burundi 0-1 Kenya (Group F)
- Somalia 0-3 Algeria (Group G)
- Mozambique 1-2 Guinea (Group G)
- Botswana 0-1 Uganda (Group G)
- Liberia 3-1 Namibia (Group H)
- CANCELLED: Malawi v Equatorial Guinea (Group H)
- South Sudan 0-5 Senegal (Group B)
- Togo 0-1 Congo DR (Group B)
- Sudan 0-0 Mauritania (Group B)
- Lesotho 1-2 Nigeria (Group C)
- Zimbabwe 0-0 South Africa (Group C)
- Rwanda 0-1 Benin (Group C)
- Seychelles 0-7 Côte d'Ivoire (Group F)
- The Gambia 3-4 Gabon (Group F)
- São Tomé and Príncipe 0-6 Tunisia (Group H)
- Burkina Faso 3-1 Ethiopia
- Djibouti 1-2 Sierra Leone
- Egypt 1-0 Guinea-Bissau
- South Sudan 0-0 Togo
- Congo DR 1-0 Sudan
- Senegal 4-0 Mauritania
- Lesotho 1-0 Zimbabwe
- South Africa 3-0 Rwanda
- Nigeria 4-0 Benin
- Cabo Verde 3-0 Eswatini
- Mauritius 0-0 Libya
- Cameroon 0-0 Angola
- Zambia 0-1 Niger
- Morocco 1-0 Congo
- Gabon 2-0 Burundi
- Seychelles 0-7 The Gambia
- Côte d'Ivoire 3-0 Kenya
- Guinea 2-2 Botswana
- Somalia 0-1 Mozambique
- Algeria 2-1 Uganda
- Equatorial Guinea 1-1 Liberia
- São Tomé and Príncipe 1-0 Malawi
- Tunisia 3-0 Namibia
- Ghana 1-0 Comoros
- Chad 2-3 Central African Republic
- Mali 4-1 Madagascar
2026 World Cup African Qualifiers standings
Group A
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 |
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 6 | Djibouti | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 33 |
Group B
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| 2 | Congo DR | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 |
| 3 | Sudan | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | Togo | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Mauritania | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | South Sudan | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
Group C
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 |
| 3 | Benin | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 |
| 4 | Lesotho | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| 5 | Rwanda | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
Group D
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cabo Verde | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 |
| 2 | Cameroon | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 5 |
| 3 | Libya | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
| 4 | Angola | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| 5 | Mauritius | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Eswatini | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
Group E
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| 2 | Niger | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 |
| 3 | Tanzania | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Zambia | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| 5 | Congo | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Eritrea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group F
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2 | Gabon | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 |
| 3 | The Gambia | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 18 |
| 4 | Kenya | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 |
| 5 | Burundi | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 13 |
| 6 | Seychelles | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 53 |
Group G
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algeria | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 |
| 2 | Uganda | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 |
| 3 | Mozambique | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Guinea | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 |
| 5 | Botswana | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 |
| 6 | Somalia | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
Group H
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 2 | Namibia | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Liberia | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 |
| 4 | Malawi | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 |
| 5 | Equatorial Guinea | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 26 |
Group I
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 |
| 2 | Madagascar | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 |
| 3 | Mali | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | Comoros | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | Chad | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
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