This week, as club football takes a break, national teams will take center stage with the African qualification matches for the 2026 World Cup.
The fifth round of qualification matches is scheduled from Wednesday, March 19, to Saturday, March 22. During this period, 25 matches from nine different qualification groups will be played.
Here’s the full schedule and results for the fifth round of African World Cup qualifiers:
Fifth Round:
March 19
- 17:00 Eswatini – Cameroon: 0-0
- 17:00 Liberia – Tunisia: 0-1
- 17:00 Central African Republic – Madagascar: 1-4
March 20
- 14:00 Mozambique – Uganda: 3-1
- 17:00 Zimbabwe – Benin: 2-2
- 17:00 Cape Verde – Mauritius: 1-0
- 17:00 Malawi – Namibia: 0-1
- 17:00 Sierra Leone – Guinea-Bissau: 3-1
- 20:00 Gabon – Seychelles: 3-0
- 20:00 Gambia – Kenya: 3-3
- 20:00 Libya – Angola: 1-1
- 22:00 Comoros – Mali: 0-3
March 21
- 14:00 Botswana – Algeria: 1-3
- 14:00 Equatorial Guinea – São Tomé and Príncipe: 2-0
- 17:00 Burkina Faso – Djibouti: 4-1
- 17:00 DR Congo – South Sudan: 1-0
- 17:00 South Africa – Lesotho: 2-0
- 17:00 Rwanda – Nigeria: 0-2
- 20:00 Burundi – Ivory Coast: 0-1
- 20:00 Ghana – Chad: 5-0
- 22:00 Guinea – Somalia: 0-0
- 22:00 Ethiopia – Egypt: 0-2
- 22:30 Niger – Morocco: 1-2
March 22
- 17:00 Togo – Mauritania: 2-2
- 20:00 Sudan – Senegal: 0-0
(Note: Match times are given in Central European Time.)
