2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifications (Africa Zone): Update on Groups D, H, and I

Below is the latest update on the African zone qualifications for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, following the matches played on Wednesday:

Group D 

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Wednesday, March 19

Swaziland – Cameroon: 0 – 0

Previously played matches: 

Cameroon – Mauritius: 3 – 0

Swaziland – Libya: 0 – 1

Cape Verde – Angola: 0 – 0

Mauritius – Angola: 0 – 0

Libya – Cameroon: 1 – 1

Swaziland – Cape Verde: 0 – 2

Cameroon – Cape Verde: 4 – 1

Angola – Swaziland: 1 – 0

Libya – Mauritius: 2 – 1

Angola – Cameroon: 1 – 1

Mauritius – Swaziland: 2 – 1

Cape Verde – Libya: 1 – 0

Standings: Pts | J | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD 

1. Cameroon: 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6
2. Libya: 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1
3. Cape Verde: 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0
4. Angola: 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1
5. Mauritius: 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3
6. Swaziland: 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -5

Group H 

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Wednesday, March 19

Liberia – Tunisia: 0 – 1

Previously played matches: 

Tunisia – São Tomé and Príncipe: 4 – 0

Liberia – Malawi: 0 – 1

Equatorial Guinea – Namibia: 1 – 0

São Tomé and Príncipe – Namibia: 0 – 2

Malawi – Tunisia: 0 – 1

Liberia – Equatorial Guinea: 0 – 1

Malawi – São Tomé and Príncipe: 3 – 1

Tunisia – Equatorial Guinea: 1 – 0

Namibia – Liberia: 1 – 1

Equatorial Guinea – Malawi: 1 – 0

Namibia – Tunisia: 0 – 0

São Tomé and Príncipe – Liberia: 0 – 1

Standings: Pts | J | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD 

1. Tunisia: 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7
2. Namibia: 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4
3. Liberia: 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +3
4. Malawi: 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1
5. Equatorial Guinea: 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4
6. São Tomé and Príncipe: 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -9

Group I 

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Wednesday, March 19

Central African Republic – Madagascar: 1 – 4

Previously played matches: 

Mali – Chad: 3 – 1

Comoros – Central African Republic: 4 – 2

Ghana – Madagascar: 1 – 0

Comoros – Ghana: 1 – 0

Chad – Madagascar: 0 – 3

Mali – Central African Republic: 1 – 1

Madagascar – Comoros: 2 – 1

Mali – Ghana: 1 – 2

Central African Republic – Chad: 1 – 0

Chad – Comoros: 0 – 2

Madagascar – Mali: 0 – 0

Ghana – Central African Republic: 4 – 3

Standings: Pts | J | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD 

1. Madagascar: 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6
2. Comoros: 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4
3. Ghana: 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2
4. Mali: 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1
5. Central African Republic: 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5
6. Chad: 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -8