Qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup began on Oct. 12, 2023,where most confederations now have qualifying, such as Japan becoming the very first country to qualify on March 20, followed by New Zealand and Iran. Just five days later Argentina joined the race by beating Brazil 4-1.
But in Africa, the struggle still continues on country who will join 45 nations that will join hosts United States, Mexico and Canada in kicks off on June 11 and the final will take place on July 19. Remember in the African continent out of 54 FIFA-affiliated nations in the draw.
9 qualify automatically plus 1 enters playoff.
However, Eritrea subsequently withdrew their reason from the FIFA statement, and the Confederation of African Football (Caf) on Friday said that “all of Eritrea’s matches have been canceled”, a few days before they were due to travel to face Morocco in their first fixture, but provided no explanation.
But people generally thought Eritrea’s football federation withdrew its men’s team from 2026 World Cup qualifying owing to fears that players would attempt to seek political asylum during trips abroad, according to sources close to the squad. Congo, in the same group, were suspended by FIFA on Feb. 6 due to government interference, though they had lost all three group games at the time.
Below are resuit and table stands in Africa.
Aubameyang’s two goals delivered Gabon a 2-1 victory against Kenya on Sunday 23march 2025.
The match between Eswatini and Mauritius ended 3-3. It is just like war: no retrieving, no surrender for both teams.
Action continues for the African continent on Monday 24th when Equatorial Guinea hit a 1-1 draw at Namibia home. Guinea-Bissau received a home beating by losing 1-2 against Burkina Faso. Liberia showed a difference by beating São Tomé e Principe 2-1. Central African Republic secured a 0-0 home draw against Mali. Haller 15-minute goal gave Côte d’Ivoire victory against the Gambia.
Madagascar came out under football pressure from Ghana by losing 0-3. Tunisia showed a classic by beating Malawi 2-0 at home.
Ethiopia beat Djibouti like kid 6-1 at home when Desta and Nasir scored hat-tricks.
Coming into Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier, African continent South Africa kept showing a quality game by beating Benin Republic at home 2-0, while hopes for Nigeria are shaking with a 1-1 home draw. Below are other results.
Tuesday 25 March
Angola 1-2 Cabo Verde (Group D)
Scorers: Mabululu 50’ / D. Rocha Livramento 45+2’, 63’
Uganda 1-0 Guinea (Group G)
Scorers: A. Okello 36’
Rwanda 1-1 Lesotho (Group C)
Scorers: J. Kwizera 58’ / L. Fothoane 82’
Botswana 2-0 Somalia (Group G)
Scorers: G. Mohutsiwa 73′, M. Johnson 82′
Egypt 1-0 Sierra Leone (Group A)
Scorer: Ahmed Sayed Zizo 45+3′
Sudan 1-1 South Sudan (Group B)
Scorer: M. Eisa 77′ / D. O. Sebit 90+8′
Cameroon 3-0 Libya (Group D)
Scorers: V. Aboubakar 26′ (pen), 61′, B. Mbeumo 53′ / E. E. Maremi 90+1′
Burundi 5-0 Seychelles (Group F)
Scorers: C. Nduwarugira 23′, B. Bimenyimana 25′, 31′, B. Kanakimana 50′, J. Girumugisha 56′
Mauritania 0-2 Congo DR (Group B)
Scorers: C. Pickel 4′, F. Mayele 83′
Senegal 2-0 Togo (Group B)
Scorers: P. Sarr 35′, K. Boma 67′(og)
Algeria 5-1 Mozambique (Group G)
Scorers: M. Amoura 8′, 31′, 80′, A. Mandi 24′, J. Hadjam 65′ / G. Catamo 40′
Comoros 1-0 Chad (Group I)
Scorer: R. Said 24′
Morocco 2-0 Tanzania (Group E)
Scorers: N. Aguerd 51′, B. Diaz 58′(pen)
Below are Tables standing
Standings:
1)Egypt – 16pts
2)Burkina Faso – 11 pts
3)Sierra Leone – 8 pts
4). Ethiopia – 6 pts
5)Guinea-Bissau – 6 pts
6)Djibouti – 1 pt
Standings:
1).DR Congo – 13pt
2))Senegal – 12pts
3) Sudan – 12pts
4)Togo – 4 pts
5) South Sudan – 3pts
6)Mauritania – 2 pts
Standings: c
1)South Africa – 13pts
2)Rwanda – 8pts
3)Benin – 8 pts
4)Nigeria – 7 pts
5)Lesotho – 6pts
6)Zimbabwe – 4pts
Standings D
1) Cape Verde 13pts
2) Cameroon 12pts
3)Libya. 8pts
4)Angola. 7pts
5) Mauritius. 5pts
6) Eswatini. 2pts
Standings E
1) Morocco. 15pts
2) Niger 6pts
3) Tanzania. 6pts
4) Zambia. 3pts
5) Congo. 0
6) Eritrea. 0
Standings F
1) Ivory’s Coast 16pts
2) Gabon 15pts
3) Burundi. 10pts
4)Kenya 6pts
5)Gambia. 4 pts
6) Seychelles. 0
Standings G
1)Algeria. 15pts
2)Mozambique. 12pts
3)Botswana. 9pts
4) Botswana 9pts
5)Guinea 7 pts
6)Somalia 1 pt
Standings H
1) Tunisia. 16pts
2) Namibia. 12pts
3) Liberia 10pts
4) Equatorial.G. 7pts
5) Malawi. 6pts
6) Sao Teme 0
Standings I
1) Ghana. 15pts
2)Comoros. 12pts
3) Madagascar. 10pts
4) Mali 9pts
5)Central African. 5pts
6) Chad. 0
Standings for play off teams ‘j’
1) Gabon. 15pts
2) Cameroon. 12pts
3)Senegal. 12pts
4)Namibia. 12pts
5)Comoros. 12pts
6) Mozambique. 12pts
7)Burkinafaso. 11pts
8) Rwanda 8pts
9) Niger. 6pts