David GOMBE
The 2026 Africa World Cup Group stage qualifiers concluded on Tuesday, 14th October with nine teams making it to the global showpiece due in USA, Canada and Mexico next year.
Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Ghana, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and South Africa are the nine African nations who secured World cup slots.
Africa also has a chance to be represented by 10 countries in case one of Gabon, Cameroon, Nigeria and DR Congo navigate both the continental and inter-confederation play offs.
How the teams performed during the 2026 World Cup qualifiers?
Most Points collected
Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles had the most points in the qualifiers with 28 in 10 matches they played dropping just two during the qualification campaign.
They will make their sixth appearances after appearances in 1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018 & 2022.
Perfect Record
Morocco had the perfect record during the road to the expanded World Cup winning all the eight matches they played in Group E. In Qatar, Morocco finished 4th becoming the first African nation to reach the semis of the World Cup.
This will be the Atlas Lions 7th appearance at the world cup after appearances in 1970, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2018 & 2022.
Most Clean Sheets
Tunisia and Cote d’Ivoire didn’t concede any goal in their 10 qualifying matches.
Most Goals Scored
African champions Ivory Coast topped the goal scoring charts with 25 goals. Sekou Fofana with 3 goals was their top scorer during the qualifying campaign.
In total Ivory Coast had 14 scorers and the other scorers are Simon Adingra, Frank Kessie, Karim Konate, Sebastien Haller, Yan Diamonde, Evann Guessand, Ibrahim Sangare, Hamed Junior Traore, Emmanuel Agbadou, Amad Diallo, Jean Phillipe Krasso, Vakoun Issouf Bayo, Omar Diakitte and Christian Koume.
The Invincibles
Tunisia, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Senegal and Morocco are the five nations who finished unbeaten.
Win or lose no draws
Uganda Cranes were among the eight nations that didn’t draw any of their matches. The others are Mozambique, Morocco, Niger, Zambia, Seychelles, Sao Tome and Principe and Comoros.
No win, no draw – all defeats
Seychelles who lost all their 10 matches in group F conceding a record 53 goals and scored just 2 goals were the only nation that finished without a point in the qualifiers.
Top scorer
Uganda Cranes tormentor Mohamed Amoura who scored two late penalties for Algeria against Uganda on Tuesday finished as the top scorer of the campaign with 10 goals in 10 matches.
He also managed 4 assists to get the highest goal involvement alongside Ghana captain Jordan Ayew (GS 7, Assists 7).
Egypt and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah (9 goals, 3 assists), Gabon’s Dennis Bounga (8 goals, 2 assists) and Gambia’s Mohamed Barrow (6 goals, 4 assists) are other players with double figures in goals contribution.
Uganda’s Allan Okello (3 goals, 4 assists) and Kenya’s Micheal Olunga (6 goals, 1 assist).
Most wins
Tunisia won the most matches after managing nine in the qualifying campaign with just one draw in 10 matches.
