WC Qualifications (Africa)

Tournament format

This is the total ranking based on all of the 10 qualification groups. Countries are sorted first on position in the group and then on points and goal difference. 3 countries qualify for the world championships. The best 0 countries in the group qualify directly and 6 countries will play in a home-and-away confrontation for the remaining places. The world cup host is automatically qualified.

Qualification standings round 1

CountryPositionPointsMPGSGA
1playoffsbw Botswana1208144
2playoffsng Nigeria1198217
3playoffsls Lesotho1198156
4playoffsmr Mauritania1188196
5playoffsml Mali1178159
6playoffssn Senegal1178104
7za South Africa1168199
8gw Guinea-Bissau1168169
9tn Tunisia1158146
10tz Tanzania1148127
11ug Uganda2198157
12gm Gambia2168146
13mg Madagascar216897
14ly Libya2158197
15st Sao Tome and Principe2158127
16ga Gabon2158129
17cd Congo DR215874
18sz Swaziland2138137
19zm Zambia21381113
20tg Togo2128108
21cf Central African Republic31581712
22ci Côte d'Ivoire3138139
23er Eritrea31281110
24ss South Sudan31281213
25sc Seychelles31181313
26re Reunion31181012
27ma Morocco31081211
28gq Equatorial Guinea388717
29ne Niger3781213
30mu Mauritius378612
31eg Egypt41181412
32cv Cape Verde4118109
33et Ethiopia4981514
34so Somalia4981113
35dz Algeria4981012
36bi Burundi4981117
37mw Malawi48889
38rw Rwanda4781114
39km Comoros478913
40sl Sierra Leone468613
41bj Benin5781214
42lr Liberia5781123
43cg Congo5681121
44sd Sudan5581115
45td Chad558711
46gh Ghana5581526
47zw Zimbabwe548515
48gn Guinea548516
49cm Cameroon508118
50ke Kenya508125
51ao Angola60000
52bf Burkina Faso60000
53dj Djibouti60000
54mz Mozambique60000
55na Namibia60000

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.