2026 World Cup qualifiers: all results from matchdays 1 and 2
Check out the full fixture list and kick-off times for matchdays 1 and 2 of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers
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Schedule (times in GMT)
Wednesday 15 November (start of matchday 1)
Equatorial Guinea 1-0 Namibia (Group H)
Rwanda 0-0 Zimbabwe (Group C)
DR Congo 2-0 Mauritania (Group B)
Ethiopia (0-0) Sierra Leone (Group A)
Thursday 16 November
Botswana 2-3 Mozambique (Group G)
Algeria 3-1 Somalia (Group G)
Egypt 6-0 Djibouti (Group A)
Gabon 2-1 Kenya (Group F)
Nigeria 1-1 Lesotho (Group C)
Sudan 1-1 Togo (Group B)
Cape Verde 0-0 Angola (Group D)
Morocco-Eritrea, cancelled (Group E)*
Friday 17 November
Comoros 4-2 Central African Republic (Group I)
Eswatini 0-1 Libya (Group D)
Guinea 2-1 Uganda (Group G)
Ghana 1-0 Madagascar (Group I)
Burkina Faso 1-1 Guinea-Bissau (Group A)
Cameroon 3-0 Mauritius (Group D)
Ivory Coast 9-0 Seychelles (Group F)
Mali 3-1 Chad (Group I)
Tunisia 4-0 Sao Tome and Principe (Group H)
Saturday 18 November
South Africa 2-1 Benin (Group C)
Niger 0-1 Tanzania (Group E)
Senegal 4-0 South Sudan (Group B)
Sunday 19 November (start of matchday 2)
Burundi 1-2 Gabon (Group F)
Mozambique 0-2 Algeria (Group G)
Zimbabwe 1-1 Nigeria (Group C)
Sierra Leone 0-2 Egypt (Group A)
Monday 20 November
Djibouti 0-1 Guinea-Bissau (Group A)
16:00 : Gambia 0-2 Ivory Coast (Group F)
Liberia 0-1 Equatorial Guinea (Group H)
19:00 : Mali 1-1 Central African Republic (Group I)
Seychelles 0-5 Kenya (Group F)
Chad 0-3 Mali Madagascar (Group I)
Eritrea-Congo, cancelled (Group E)*
Tuesday 21 November
Botswana 1-0 Guinea (Group G)
Ethiopia 0-3 Burkina Faso (Group A)
Eswatini 0-2 Cape Verde (Group D)
Lesotho 0-0 Benin (Group C),
Malawi 1-0 Tunisia (Group H)
Rwanda 2-0 South Africa (Group C)
Somalia 0-1 Uganda (Group G)
Comoros 1-0 Ghana (Group I)
Libya 1-1 Cameroon (Group D)
Mauritius 0-0 Angola (Group D)
Sao Tome and Principe 0-2 Namibia (Group H)
South Sudan 0-0 Mauritania (Group B)
Togo 0-0 Senegal (Group B)
Niger 2-1 Zambia (Group E)
Tanzania 0-2 Morocco (Group E)
*Eritrea have officially withdrawn from the 2026 World Cup qualifiers