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The African Qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been scheduled to commence on November 13, 2023.
This was confirmed Sunday by the Confederation of African Football which stated that nine African teams will participate in the final phase of the World Cup 26, while one will go to the play-off tournament
The Africa Zone (CAF) qualifiers for the 26 FIFA World Cup™ begin on 13 November 2023 and end in November 2025.
The African qualifiers will be played across two rounds. The first will be contested in the form of a group stage, with nine groups of six teams each. Each team will play two matches, home and away, against each of their opponents. The top finisher in each group will qualify for World Cup 26.
The second round will pit the four best runners-up in two one-off semi-finals, followed by a final. The winner of this second round will participate in the FIFA Play-off Tournament.
For the First-round, Nigeria is in Group C alongside South Africa, Benin Zimbabwe, Rwanda, and Lesotho.
In Group A are Egypt, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. Group B have Senegal, Congo DR, 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, Sao Tome e Principe. Group I: Mali, Ghana, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Comoros, Chad.
