The 54 member associations of CAF been divided into nine groups of six teams each with each team set to play a total of 10 matches as they will all face each other twice in a home and away qualifiers set-up.

The nine group winners will automatically qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup while the four best group runners-up will take part in a play-off stage to determine CAF’s representative at the FIFA play-off tournament.

The 2026 World Cup qualifiers will be played over 10 match-days in the upcoming two years on the following dates: 13-21 November 2023, 3-11 June 2024, 17-25 March 2025, 1-9 September 2025, 6-14 October 2025, and 10-18 November 2025.

The 2026 World Cup will be held across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Full Draw:

Group A: Egypt, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Djibouti

Group B: 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: Ivory Coast, Gabon, Kenya, The Gambia, Burundi, Seychelles

Group G: Algeria, Guinea, Uganda, Mozambique, Botswana, Somalia

Group H: Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Namibia, Malawi, Liberia, Sao Tome & Principe

Group I: Mali, Ghana, Madagascar, Central African Republic (CAR), Comoros, Chad