CAF, FIFA confirm Dates and Kick-Off times for African qualifiers for 2026 WC
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - African Nations will resume their qualification for the FIFA World Cup in 2026 next week.
Match Day 3 and Match Day 4 of the Qualifiers will be played between 5 and 11 June 2024. Nine African teams are guaranteed to compete in the World Cup.
Another will participate in the Play-off Tournament as the global showpiece will host 48 teams for the first time ever. Winners of each Group will automatically qualify for the FIFA World Cup in 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.
Below are the fixtures for the matches to be played over the next seven days.
Match Day 3 Wednesday - 5 June, 2024 Sierra Leone v Djibouti (Group A), Togo v South Sudan (Group B), Central African Republic v Chad (Group I), Namibia v Liberia (Group H), Tunisia v Equatorial Guinea (Group H).
Thursday - 6 June, 2024 Malawi v Sao Tome e Principe (Group H), Guinea Bissau v Ethiopia (Group A), Mauritania v Sudan (Group B), Libya v Mauritius (Group D), Congo v Niger (Group E), Egypt v Burkina Faso (Group A), Senegal v DR Congo (Group B), Benin v Rwanda (Group C), Algeria v Guinea (Group G), Mali v Ghana (Group I)
Friday - 7 June, 2024 Zimbabwe v Lesotho (Group C), Mozambique v Somalia (Group G), Kenya v Burundi (Group F), Uganda v Botswana (Group G), Madagascar v Comoros (Group I), Angola v Eswatini (Group D), Nigeria v South Africa (Group C), Morocco v Zambia (Group E), Cote d'Ivoire v Gabon (Group F).
Saturday - 8 June, 2024 Cameroon v Cape Verde (Group D), Gambia v Seychelles (Group F)
Match Day 4 Sunday - 9 June, 2024 Sao Tome e Principe v Liberia (Group H), Djibouti v Ethiopia (Group A), Congo DR v Togo (Group B), Mauritania v Senegal (Group B), Namibia v Tunisia (Group H)
Monday - 10 June, 2024 Somalia v Botswana (Group G), Equatorial Guinea v Malawi (Group H), Madagascar v Mali (Group I), Guinea Bissau v Egypt (Group A), Benin v Nigeria (Group C), Uganda v Algeria (Group G), Guinea v Mozambique (Group G), Ghana v Central African Republic (Group I), Burkina Faso v Sierra Leone (Group A)
Tuesday - 11 June, 2024 South Sudan v Sudan (Group B), Mauritius v Eswatini (Group G), Zambia v Tanzania (Group E), Kenya v Cote d'Ivoire (Group F), Lesotho v Rwanda (Group C), Cape Verde v Libya (Group D), South Africa v Zimbabwe (Group C), Congo v Morocco (Group E), Chad v Comoros (Group I), Angola v Cameroon (Group D), Gabon v Gambia (Group F), Seychelles v Burundi (Group F).
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