WC Qualifications (Africa)
Tournament format
France 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.
Round 3 (Knockout stage)
- 8 teams advance to the next round.
Round 4 (Knockout stage)
- 4 teams in this round qualify for the final tournament.
Qualification standings round 4
Country | Position | Points | MP | GS | GA | ||
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1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | |
2 | Ghana | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
3 | Morocco | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
4 | Cameroon | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
5 | Burkina Faso | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
6 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | Egypt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
8 | Burundi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Qualification standings round 3
Country | Position | Points | MP | GS | GA | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Morocco | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |
2 | Ghana | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
3 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
4 | Cameroon | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |
5 | Burkina Faso | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
6 | Egypt | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
7 | Burundi | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
8 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
9 | Seychelles | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
10 | Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
11 | Guinea | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
12 | Malawi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
13 | Benin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
14 | Angola | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
15 | Zambia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
16 | Lesotho | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
Qualification standings round 2
Country | Position | Points | MP | GS | GA | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Morocco | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 2 | |
2 | Ghana | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |
3 | Burundi | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | |
4 | Seychelles | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
5 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
6 | Cameroon | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
7 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
8 | Tunisia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
9 | Burkina Faso | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
10 | Guinea | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
11 | Lesotho | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
12 | Egypt | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
13 | Benin | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
14 | Malawi | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
15 | Zambia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
16 | Angola | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | Nigeria | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | Liberia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |
19 | Mozambique | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
20 | Chad | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
21 | Namibia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
22 | Botswana | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
23 | Ethiopia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
24 | Mauritania | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
25 | Mauritius | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
26 | Algeria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
27 | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
28 | Somalia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
29 | Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
30 | Senegal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
31 | Uganda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
32 | South Sudan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
Qualification standings round 1
Country | Position | Points | MP | GS | GA | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | South Africa | 1 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 2 | |
2 | Seychelles | 1 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 0 | |
3 | Morocco | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | |
4 | Ghana | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |
5 | Mozambique | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 4 | |
6 | Burkina Faso | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 | |
7 | Tunisia | 1 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | |
8 | Burundi | 1 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 9 | |
9 | Guinea | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | |
10 | Malawi | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | |
11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |
12 | Botswana | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 5 | |
13 | Egypt | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
14 | Mauritania | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
15 | Nigeria | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | |
16 | Algeria | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | |
17 | Liberia | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 10 | |
18 | Ethiopia | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 7 | |
19 | Chad | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | |
20 | Namibia | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |
21 | Mauritius | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
22 | Zambia | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
23 | Angola | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |
24 | Cameroon | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |
25 | Uganda | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
26 | Benin | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
27 | Senegal | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |
28 | Lesotho | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
29 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |
30 | South Sudan | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |
31 | Somalia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
32 | Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
33 | Kenya | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | |
34 | Guinea-Bissau | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |
35 | Madagascar | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
36 | Gabon | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
37 | Niger | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
38 | Cape Verde | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
40 | Djibouti | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
41 | Congo DR | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
42 | Tanzania | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
43 | Libya | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
44 | Comoros | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
45 | Mali | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
46 | Central African Republic | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
47 | Reunion | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 18 | |
48 | Rwanda | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | |
49 | Congo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
50 | Eritrea | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
51 | Gambia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
52 | Sierra Leone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
53 | Sudan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
54 | Swaziland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
55 | Togo | 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.