After the CAF 45th Ordinary General Assembly took place on Thursday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast it was time for the draw to be conducted for the African region of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Fifty-four teams were drawn into nine groups featuring six teams each in a new qualifying format that will take place for the World Cup hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. Qualifying will begin with the first two matchdays November 13 through November 21 before continuing next year.
The new format will see the winners of each group clinch qualification for the finals while the top four runners-up will compete in a playoff to determine Africa’s representative at the inter-confederation playoff. The inter-confederation playoff will feature six teams, one from each confederation except UEFA and two from the host CONCACAF region. Two teams will progress to the finals from the playoff.
Below is all the groups in CAF region of World Cup qualifying:
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
Republic of Congo
Tanzania
Niger
Eritrea
Group F
Ivory Coast
Gabon
Kenya
The Gambia
Burundi
Seychelles
Group G
Algeria
Guinea
Uganda
Mozambique
Botswana
Somalia
Group H
Tunisia
Equatorial Guinea
Namibia
Malawi
Liberia
São Tomé and PrÃncipe
Group I
Mali
Ghana
Madagascar
Central African Republic
Comoros
Chad
