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The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) is the African section of the qualification tournament for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be held in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico. A total of nine slots in the final tournament and one inter-confederation play-off slot are reserved for CAF teams.
The seeding was based on the FIFA World Ranking from 15 February 2024, with teams ranked 1st to 44th received a bye to the qualifying group stage, while the teams ranked 45th to 52nd had to participate in the preliminary round. [1] The preliminary round draw was held on 20 February 2024, 14:00 CAT at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. [2]
The 2025 Afcon will begin on 21 December next year and run until 18 January 2026. It will be the first time that the tournament is held over the Christmas and New Year period - something that ...
The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, also referred to as AFCON 2025 or CAN 2025, is scheduled to be the 35th edition of the biennial African football tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). [1] It will be hosted by Morocco for the second time and the first since 1988. [2]
By this time next week we will know the 24 teams who will contest the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, with the final two rounds of qualifiers set to throw up a number of winner-takes-all matches.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will decide the 45 teams that will join hosts Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Qualification began on 7 September 2023 with three matches of the CONMEBOL zone played that day. [1] The first goal of the qualification series was scored by Colombian player Rafael Santos Borré.
All eyes will be on Morocco as the kingdom stages the Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon), its male equivalent (Afcon) and the Under-17 Women's World Cup. After being delayed because of the ...
The preliminary round draw was held on 20 February 2024, 14:00 CAT at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. [1] The eight involved national teams were seeded into two pots of four based on the FIFA World Rankings from 15 February 2024 (shown in parentheses). [3] Seychelles (199) and Eritrea (unranked) were excluded from the qualifiers.