{"id":44634,"date":"2025-10-15T17:40:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=44634"},"modified":"2025-10-15T17:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:40:17","slug":"nine-african-countries-confirmed-for-2026-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/nine-african-countries-confirmed-for-2026-fifa-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine African countries confirmed for 2026 FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nine African countries have qualified automatically for the 2026 FIFA World Cup from the gruelling CAF qualification campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The nine countries that managed to secure qualification are :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Morocco<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tunisia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Egypt<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Algeria<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Senegal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ivory Coast<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ghana<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>South Africa<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cape Verde<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cape Verde <\/strong>will make their debut in the World Cup after their consistent display in the AFCON tournaments over the last five years. The country of over 500,000 people secured qualification after beating Eswatini by three unanswered goals.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"Week 5 Review : Medeama SC, Vision win as Kotoko drop points\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/week-5-review-medeama-sc-vision-win-as-kotoko-drop-points\/\">Week 5 Review: Medeama SC, Vision win as Kotoko drop points<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Senegal<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Morocco<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Tunisia,<\/strong> regulars at the World Cup, ensured they picked up wins in their final group games to secure qualification to the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"Ghana beat Comoros to seal 2026 FIFA World Cup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ghana-beat-comoros-to-seal-2026-fifa-world-cup\/\">Ghana beat Comoros to seal 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghana, the Ivory Coast,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>South Africa<\/strong> also made their presence felt in their respective groups as they topped it.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0 <strong>Nigeria<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Cameroon<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>DR Congo<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Gabon<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; the four best second-placed teams &#8211; will compete in a\u00a0CAF playoff tournament in Morocco this November\u00a0to determine who advances to the\u00a0inter-confederation playoffs\u00a0for a potential 10th African place.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine African countries have qualified automatically for the 2026 FIFA World Cup from the gruelling CAF qualification campaign. &nbsp; The nine countries that managed to secure qualification are : Morocco Tunisia Egypt Algeria Senegal Ivory Coast Ghana South Africa Cape Verde Cape Verde will make their debut in the World Cup after their consistent display<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":44471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8417,17042],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-fifa-club-world-cup"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Black-Stars-1-pics.jpeg?fit=1713%2C1800&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-bBU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37198,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/check-out-the-african-qualification-format-for-2026-world-cup\/","url_meta":{"origin":44634,"position":0},"title":"Check out the African qualification format for 2026 World Cup","author":"Admin","date":"May 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Confederation of African Football (CAF) recently held a meeting in Algiers on May 18, 2023, where important decisions were made regarding CAF competitions. 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