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 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 2026 World Cup African Qualifiers standings Group A

Team P W D L GD Pts Egypt 7 6 1 0 14 19 Burkina Faso 7 4 2 1 12 14 Sierra Leone 7 2 3 2 0 9 Guinea-Bissau 7 1 4 2 -2 7 Ethiopia 7 1 3 3 -2 6 Djibouti 7 0 1 6 -22 1 Group B

Team P W D L GD Pts DR Congo 7 5 1 1 8 16 Senegal 7 4 3 0 9 15 Sudan 7 3 3 1 4 12 Mauritania 7 1 2 4 -5 5 Togo 7 0 4 3 -5 4 South Sudan 7 0 3 4 -11 3 Group C

Team P W D L GD Pts South Africa 7 5 1 1 8 16 Benin 7 3 2 2 0 11 Rwanda 7 2 4 1 2 10 Nigeria 7 2 2 3 -1 8 Lesotho 7 1 3 3 -4 6 Zimbabwe 7 0 4 3 -5 4 Group D

Team P W D L GD Pts Cape Verde 7 5 1 1 4 16 Cameroon 7 4 3 0 11 15 Libya 7 3 2 2 0 11 Angola 7 1 4 2 -1 7 Mauritius 7 1 2 4 -6 5 Eswatini 7 0 2 5 -8 2 Group E

Team P W D L GD Pts Morocco 6 6 0 0 17 18 Tanzania 6 3 1 2 1 10 Zambia 5 2 0 3 2 6 Niger 5 2 0 3 -3 6 Congo 6 0 1 5 -17 1 Eritrea 0 0 0 0 0 0 Group F

Team P W D L GD Pts Ivory Coast 7 6 1 0 15 19 Gabon 7 6 0 1 10 18 Burundi 7 3 1 3 5 10 Gambia 7 2 1 4 1 7 Kenya 7 1 3 3 1 6 Seychelles 7 0 0 7 -32 0 Group G

Team P W D L GD Pts Algeria 7 6 0 1 12 18 Uganda 7 4 0 3 3 12 Mozambique 7 4 0 3 -5 12 Guinea 7 3 1 3 2 10 Botswana 7 3 0 4 -1 9 Somalia 7 0 1 6 -11 1 Group H

Team P W D L GD Pts Tunisia 7 6 1 0 12 19 Namibia 7 3 3 1 5 12 Liberia 7 3 1 3 0 10 Equatorial Guinea 7 3 1 3 -3 10 Malawi 7 3 0 4 -1 9 São Tomé & Príncipe 7 0 0 7 -13 0 Group I

Team P W D L GD Pts Ghana 7 5 1 1 10 16 Madagascar 7 4 1 2 5 13 Mali 7 3 3 1 7 12 Comoros 7 4 0 3 -1 12 Central African Republic 7 1 2 4 -7 5 Chad 7 0 1 6 -14 1 2026 World Cup qualifiers fixtures 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)