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World Cup qualifiers (Africa) standings 2026

Standings as of 1 November 2026. Matches played since are not counted yet.

World Cup qualifiers (Africa) · Group A
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Egypt	10	8	2	0	20	2	+18	26
2	Burkina Faso	10	6	3	1	23	8	+15	21
3	Sierra Leone	10	4	3	3	12	10	+2	15
4	Guinea-Bissau	10	2	4	4	8	10	-2	10
5	Ethiopia	10	2	3	5	9	14	-5	9
6	Djibouti	10	0	1	9	5	33	-28	1

World Cup qualifiers (Africa) · Group B
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Senegal	10	7	3	0	22	3	+19	24
2	DR Congo	10	7	1	2	15	6	+9	22
3	Sudan	10	3	4	3	8	6	+2	13
4	Togo	10	1	5	4	5	10	-5	8
5	Mauritania	10	1	4	5	4	13	-9	7
6	South Sudan	10	0	5	5	3	19	-16	5

World Cup qualifiers (Africa) · Group C
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Africa	10	5	3	2	15	9	+6	18
2	Nigeria	10	4	5	1	15	8	+7	17
3	Benin	10	5	2	3	12	11	+1	17
4	Lesotho	10	3	3	4	9	12	-3	12
5	Rwanda	10	3	2	5	5	9	-4	11
6	Zimbabwe	10	0	5	5	5	12	-7	5

World Cup qualifiers (Africa) · Group D
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cape Verde	10	7	2	1	16	8	+8	23
2	Cameroon	10	5	4	1	17	5	+12	19
3	Libya	10	4	4	2	12	10	+2	16
4	Angola	10	2	6	2	9	8	+1	12
5	Mauritius	10	1	3	6	7	17	-10	6
6	Eswatini	10	0	3	7	6	19	-13	3

World Cup qualifiers (Africa) · Group E
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Morocco	8	8	0	0	22	2	+20	24
2	Niger	8	5	0	3	11	10	+1	15
3	Tanzania	8	3	1	4	6	7	-1	10
4	Zambia	8	3	0	5	10	10	0	9
5	Republic of Congo	8	0	1	7	4	24	-20	1
6	Eritrea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

World Cup qualifiers (Africa) · Group F
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ivory Coast	10	8	2	0	25	0	+25	26
2	Gabon	10	8	1	1	22	9	+13	25
3	Gambia	10	4	1	5	27	18	+9	13
4	Kenya	10	3	3	4	18	14	+4	12
5	Burundi	10	3	1	6	13	13	0	10
6	Seychelles	10	0	0	10	2	53	-51	0

World Cup qualifiers (Africa) · Group G
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Algeria	10	8	1	1	24	8	+16	25
2	Uganda	10	6	0	4	14	9	+5	18
3	Mozambique	10	6	0	4	14	17	-3	18
4	Guinea	10	4	3	3	11	8	+3	15
5	Botswana	10	3	1	6	12	16	-4	10
6	Somalia	10	0	1	9	3	20	-17	1

World Cup qualifiers (Africa) · Group H
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tunisia	10	9	1	0	22	0	+22	28
2	Namibia	10	4	3	3	13	10	+3	15
3	Liberia	10	4	3	3	13	11	+2	15
4	Malawi	10	4	1	5	11	10	+1	13
5	Equatorial Guinea	10	3	2	5	8	15	-7	11
6	São Tomé and Príncipe	10	1	0	9	5	26	-21	3

World Cup qualifiers (Africa) · Group I
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ghana	10	8	1	1	23	6	+17	25
2	Madagascar	10	6	1	3	17	12	+5	19
3	Mali	10	5	3	2	17	6	+11	18
4	Comoros	10	5	0	5	12	13	-1	15
5	Central African Republic	10	2	2	6	11	24	-13	8
6	Chad	10	0	1	9	5	24	-19	1

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