CAF
Africa
Nine groups (A-I) of up to six teams played home-and-away; each group winner qualified directly for the 2026 World Cup, and the four best group runners-up advanced to a CAF play-off whose winner went on to the inter-confederation play-off (results against the sixth-placed team were discarded when ranking runners-up because Group E had only five teams after Eritrea withdrew).
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Group A
| # | 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 |
Group B
| # | 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 |
Group C
| # | 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 |
Group D
| # | 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 |
Group E
Eritrea withdrew before the matches began, so Group E was played with five teams. Results against the bottom-placed team were excluded when ranking the runners-up across groups.
| # | 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 | Congo | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 24 | -20 | 1 |
Group F
| # | 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 |
Group G
| # | 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 |
Group H
| # | 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 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 26 | -21 | 3 |
Group I
| # | 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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