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The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group C is a CAF qualifying group for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The group contains Nigeria , South Africa , Benin , Zimbabwe , Rwanda and Lesotho . The group winner will directly qualify for the World Cup, and the runner-up could potentially compete in the second round to advance to the inter ...
The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) is the African section of the qualification tournament for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be held in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico. A total of nine slots in the final tournament and one inter-confederation play-off slot are reserved for CAF teams.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will decide the 45 teams that will join hosts Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Qualification began on 7 September 2023 with three matches of the CONMEBOL zone played that day. [1] The first goal of the qualification series was scored by Colombian player Rafael Santos Borré.
World Cup 2026 schedule, fixture dates and stadium venues. Lawrence Ostlere. February 6, 2024 at 9:46 AM. A view inside MetLife Stadium, which will host the 2026 World Cup final (Getty Images)
The top two teams of each group will qualify directly for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, while the third and fourth-placed teams will advance to the fourth round. [ 2 ] From the teams that advance to the fourth round, the two teams with the best results in this round also receive the right to host the fourth round groups.
The Asian section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification will act as qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup for national teams of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). AFC teams have been allocated eight direct qualifying slots and one inter-confederation play-off slot. [1]
In the two 2026 World Cup Qualifiers played in 2024, Bafana Bafana has played to a 1-1 draw against Nigeria away; and successfully defeated Zimbabwe 3-1 in a fully packed stadium in Bloemfontein. In the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers, Bafana Bafana was placed in Group K alongside Uganda, Congo and South Sudan.
The berths for the inaugural 1930 tournament were filled by invitation only. The 1934 one was the first one to have an actual qualifying phase.The first ever World Cup qualifying match was played on 11 June 1933, when Sweden defeated Estonia 6–2 in Stockholm, and the first goal was scored 7 minutes into the game, with some sources [1] attributing it to Swedish captain Knut Kroon while others ...