As club football takes a break this week, national teams step into the spotlight with the African qualification matches for the 2026 World Cup. Over the next few days, fans will witness the fifth round of qualifiers, featuring 25 exciting matches across nine different qualification groups.
The matches will take place from Wednesday, March 19, to Saturday, March 22, with national teams from across the continent vying for a spot in the next World Cup. Here’s the schedule and results for the fifth round of African qualifiers:
Note: Match times are listed in Central European Time (CET).
Fifth Round – March 19
17:00 Eswatini vs. Cameroon 0-0
17:00 Liberia vs. Tunisia 0-1
17:00 Central African Republic vs. Madagascar 1-4
March 20
14:00 Mozambique vs. Uganda 3-1
17:00 Zimbabwe vs. Benin 2-2
17:00 Cape Verde vs. Mauritius 1-0
17:00 Malawi vs. Namibia 0-1
17:00 Sierra Leone vs. Guinea-Bissau 3-1
20:00 Gabon vs. Seychelles 3-0
20:00 Gambia vs. Kenya 3-3
20:00 Libya vs. Angola 1-1
22:00 Comoros vs. Mali 0-3
March 21
14:00 Botswana vs. Algeria 1-3
14:00 Equatorial Guinea vs. São Tomé and Príncipe 2-0
17:00 Burkina Faso vs. Djibouti 4-1
17:00 DR Congo vs. South Sudan 1-0
17:00 South Africa vs. Lesotho 2-0
17:00 Rwanda vs. Nigeria 0-2
20:00 Burundi vs. Ivory Coast
20:00 Ghana vs. Chad
22:00 Guinea vs. Somalia
22:00 Ethiopia vs. Egypt
22:30 Niger vs. Morocco
March 22
17:00 Togo vs. Mauritania
20:00 Sudan vs. Senegal
