WC Qualifications (Africa)
Tournament format
Costa Rica is qualified directly as host of the final tournament. 4 teams from this tournament also qualify for the final tournament.
Round 1 (Group stage)
- 55 teams enter the tournament in this round.
- The teams in this round are divided over 16 groups.
32 teams advance to the next round.
Round 2 (Knockout stage)
- 16 teams advance to the next round.
Qualification standings round 2
| Country | Position | Points | MP | GS | GA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |  Ghana | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | |  Niger | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | |  Senegal | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | |  Cameroon | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | |  Guinea | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| 6 | |  Morocco | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | |  Rwanda | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | |  Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | |  Central African Republic | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 10 | |  Congo | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | |  Libya | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | |  South Africa | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | |  Mozambique | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | |  Congo DR | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | |  Nigeria | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | |  Chad | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 |  Cape Verde | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18 |  Seychelles | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 19 |  Malawi | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 20 |  Madagascar | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 21 |  Benin | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 22 |  Mauritania | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 23 |  Mauritius | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 |  Burkina Faso | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 25 |  Eritrea | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 26 |  Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 27 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 28 |  Zambia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 29 |  Gambia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 30 |  Djibouti | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 31 |  Uganda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 32 |  Reunion | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Qualification standings round 1
| Country | Position | Points | MP | GS | GA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Ghana | 1 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 4 |
| 2 | | Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| 3 | | Mozambique | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 4 | | South Africa | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| 5 | | Morocco | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
| 6 | | Senegal | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| 7 | | Libya | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| 8 | | Guinea | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| 9 | | Burkina Faso | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 |
| 10 | | Niger | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 5 |
| 11 | | Seychelles | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 8 |
| 12 | | Congo | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 13 | | Chad | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| 14 | | Cameroon | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 15 | | Ethiopia | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 16 | | Congo DR | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | | Malawi | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| 18 | | Uganda | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 19 | | Mauritania | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 20 | | Central African Republic | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 21 | | Benin | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| 22 | | Madagascar | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 23 | | Reunion | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 24 | | Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 25 | | Eritrea | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | | Djibouti | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 27 | | Rwanda | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 28 | | Nigeria | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 29 | | Cape Verde | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 30 | | Zambia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 | | Gambia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 32 | | Mauritius | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 33 |  Tunisia | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |
| 34 |  Angola | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
| 35 |  Botswana | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |
| 36 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |
| 37 |  Somalia | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |
| 38 |  Algeria | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |
| 39 |  Comoros | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 40 |  Sierra Leone | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 41 |  Mali | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| 42 |  Namibia | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |
| 43 |  Equatorial Guinea | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| 44 |  Kenya | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | |
| 45 |  Sudan | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| 46 |  Liberia | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| 47 |  Swaziland | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| 48 |  Togo | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| 49 |  Burundi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 |  Egypt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 51 |  Gabon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 52 |  Lesotho | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 53 |  South Sudan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 |  Tanzania | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 55 |  Zimbabwe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not all groups have the same number of teams so the results against the lowest team in the larger groups don't count for the order of teams in this list.
