2026 World Cup Qualifiers For Africa: The 9 Groups and Countries

FIFA World Cup 2026 Preliminary Draw held by CAF in Nigeria has set the tone for battles between 54 African countries groups in 9 groups of 6 countries. The number of teams in each group for the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers For Africa has increased to 6 in each group.

Below are the groups and the countries that were drawn into each group for the 2026 Preliminary group matches. 

African football legends Emmanuel Eboue, Asamoah Gyan, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha. Emmanuel Adebayor, Wael Gomaa and Alexandre Song assisted in the draw.

Winners of each Group will automatically qualify for the FIFA World Cup™ 2026.

The four best runners-up (from the Groups) will play in a CAF Play-Off tournament. The winner of the CAF Play-Off Tournament will play in the FIFA Play-off Tournament to potentially be the 10th African nation.

2026 World Cup Qualifiers For Africa: The 9 Groups and Countries

Group A: 

Egypt 

Burkina Faso

 Guinea-Bissau  

Sierra Leone  

Ethiopia  Djibouti

Group B:

Senegal
DR Congo
Mauritania
Togo
Sudan
South Sudan

Group C:

Nigeria
South Africa

Benin
Zimbabwe
Rwanda
Lesotho

Group D:

Cameroon
Cape Verde
Angola
Libya
Eswatini
Mauritius

Group E:

Morocco
Zambia
Congo
Tanzania
Niger
Eritrea

Group F:

Côte d’Ivoire
Gabon

Kenya
The Gambia

Burundi
Seychelles

Group G:

Algeria
Guinea
Uganda
Mozambique
Botswana
Somalia

Group H:

Tunisia
Equatorial Guinea
Namibia
Malawi
Liberia
São Tomé & Príncipe

Group I:

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Mali
Ghana

Madagascar
Central African R.
Comoros
Chad