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
