2026 World Cup Qualifying Glance
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| NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN |
| FIRST ROUND |
| Home-and-home |
| Winners advance |
| Friday, March 22 |
| Anguilla vs. Turks and Caicos Islands |
Anguilla 0, Turks and Caicos Islands 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 1, British Virgin Islands 1
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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British Virgin Islands 0, U.S. Virgin Islands 0, 1-1 aggregate, British Virgin Islands advanced 4-2 on penalty kicks
Turks and Caicos Islands 1, Anguilla 1, 1-1 aggregate, Anguilla advanced 4-3 on penalty kicks
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| SOUTH AMERICA | |||||||
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| Top six teams qualify | |||||||
| Seventh place advances to playoff | |||||||
| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Argentina | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
| Colombia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| d-Ecuador | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Brazil | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Chile | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Bolivia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 3 |
| Peru | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
d-penalized 3 points for falsifying birth documents for Byron Castillo
| Thursday, Sept. 5 |
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Argentina vs. Chile
Brazil vs. Ecuador
Bolivia vs. Venezuela
Peru vs. Colombia
Uruguay vs. Paraguay
| Tuesday, Sept. 10 |
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Chile vs. Bolivia
Colombia vs. Argentina
Ecuador vs. Peru
Paraguay vs. Brazil
Venezuela vs. Uruguay
| ASIA | |||||||
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| SECOND ROUND | |||||||
| Top two teams in each group advance | |||||||
| x-advanced | |||||||
| GROUP A | |||||||
| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| x-Qatar | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 12 |
| India | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Thursday, March 21 | |||||||
| At Al Rayyan, Qatar |
Qatar 3, Kuwait 0
| At Abha, Saudi Arabia |
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Afghanistan 0, India 0
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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| At Guwahati, India |
India 1, Afghanistan 2
| At Farwaniya, Kuwait |
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Kuwait 1, Qatar 2
| GROUP B | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
| Syria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
| North Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 1 |
| Thursday, March 21 | |||||||
| At Tokyo |
Japan 1, North Korea 0
| At Yangon, Myanmar |
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Myanmar 1, Syria 1
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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| At Pyongyang, North Korea |
North Korea vs. Japan, canceled
| At Damman, Saudi Arabia |
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Syria 7, Myanmar 0
| GROUP C | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| x-South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 10 |
| x-China | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Singapore | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 1 |
| Thursday, March 21 | |||||||
| At Seoul, South Korea |
South Korea 1, Thailand 1
| At Singapore |
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Singapore 2, China 2
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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| At Tianjin, China |
China 4, Singapore 1
| At Bangkok |
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Thailand 0, South Korea 3
| GROUP D | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| x-Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 |
| x-Oman | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Thursday, March 21 | |||||||
| At Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
Taiwan 0, Kyrgyzstan 2
| At Muscat, Oman |
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Oman 2, Malaysia 0
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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| At Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyzstan 5, Taiwan 1
| At Kuala Lampur, Malaysia |
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Malaysia 0, Oman 2
| GROUP E | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| x-Iran | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 |
| x-Uzbekistan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 |
| Turkemistan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| Thursday, March 21 | |||||||
| At Hong Kong |
Hong Kong 0, Uzbekistan 2
| At Tehran, Iran |
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Iran 5, Turkmenistan 0
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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| At Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
Uzbekistan 3, Hong Kong 0
| At Ashbagat, Turkemistan |
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Turkmenistan 0, Iran 1
| GROUP F | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| x-Iraq | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
| x-Indonesia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Philippines | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Thursday, March 21 | |||||||
| At Jakarta, Indonesia |
Indonesia 1, Vietnam 0
| At Basra, Iraq |
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Iraq 1, Philippines 0
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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| At Manila, Philippines |
Philippines 0, Iraq 0
| At Hanoi, Vietnam |
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Vietnam 0, Indonesia 3
| GROUP G | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| x-Saudi Arabia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| x-Tajikistan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Jordan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Thursday, March 21 | |||||||
| At Islamabad, Pakistan |
Pakistan 0, Jordan 3
| At Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
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Saudi Arabia 1, Tajikistan 0
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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| At Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
Tajikistan 1, Saudi Arabia 1
| At Amman, Jordan |
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Jordan 7, Pakistan 0
| GROUP H | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| x-Utd Arab Emirates | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| x-Bahrain | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Nepal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Thursday, March 21 | |||||||
| At Riffa, Bahrain |
Nepal 0, Bahrain 5
| At Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
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United Arab Emirates 2, Yemen 1
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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| At Riffa, Bahrain |
Bahrain 3, Nepal 0
| At Khobar, Saudi Arabia |
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Yemen 0, United Arab Emirates 3
| GROUP I | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| x-Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 12 |
| x-Palestine | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Thursday, March 21 | |||||||
| At Sydney |
Australia 2, Lebanon 0
| At Kuwait City |
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Palestine 5, Bangladesh 0
| Tuesday, March 26 |
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| At Canberra, Australia |
Lebanon 0, Australia 5
| At Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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Bangladesh 0, Palestine 1
| AFRICA | |||||||
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| First round | |||||||
| Group winners qualify | |||||||
| Top four second-place teams advance to playoffs | |||||||
| GROUP A | |||||||
| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Egypt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Sierra Leone | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ethiopa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Djibouti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 15 | |||||||
| At El Jadida, Morocco |
Ethiopia 0, Sierra Leone 0
| Thursday, Nov. 16 |
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| At Cairo |
Egypt 6, Djibouti 0
| Friday, Nov. 17 |
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| At Marrakesh, Morocco |
Burkina Faso 1, Guinea-Biseau 1
| Sunday, Nov. 19 |
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| At Paynesville, Liberia |
Sierra Leone 0, Egypt 2
| Monday, Nov. 20 |
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| At Cairo |
Djibouti 0, Guinea-Biseau 1
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At El Jadida, Morocco |
Ethiopia 0, Burkina Faso 3
| GROUP B | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Senegal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sudan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Congo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Togo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| South Sudan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 15 | |||||||
| At Kinshasa, Congo |
Congo 2, Mauritania 0
| Thursday, Nov. 16 |
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| At Benina, Libya |
Sudan 1, Togo 1
| Saturday, Nov. 18 |
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| At Diamniadio, Senegal |
Senegal 4, South Sudan 0
| Sunday, Nov. 19 |
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| At Benina, Libya |
Sudan 1, Congo 0
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Diamniadio, Senegal |
South Sudan 0, Mauritania 0
| At Lomé, Togo |
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Togo 0, Senegal 0
| GROUP C | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Rwanda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Benin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 15 | |||||||
| At Butare, Rwanda |
Rwanda 0, Zimbabwe 0
| Thursday, Nov. 16 |
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| At Uyo, Nigeria |
Nigeria 1, Lesotho 1
| Saturday, Nov. 18 |
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| At Durban, South Africa |
South Africa 2, Benin 1
| Sunday, Nov. 19 |
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| At Butare, Rwanda |
Zimbabwe 1, Nigeria 1
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Butare, Rwanda |
Rwanda 2, South Africa 0
Lesotho 0, Benin 0
| GROUP D | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Libya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Angola | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eswatini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Thursday, Nov. 16 | |||||||
| At Praia, Cape Verde |
Cape Verde 0, Angola 0
| Friday, Nov. 17 |
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| At Mbombela, South Africa |
Eswatini 0, Libya 1
| At Douala, Cameroon |
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Cameroon 3, Mauritius 0
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Mbombela, South Africa |
Eswatini 0, Cape Verde 2
| At Benina, Libya |
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Libya 1, Cameroon 1
At St. Pierre, Mauritius
Mauritius 0, Angola 0.
| GROUP E | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Morocco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Niger | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Republic of Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Eritrea withdrew | |||||||
| Friday, Nov. 17 |
Zambia 4, Republic of Congo 2
| Saturday, Nov. 18 |
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| At Marrakesh, Morocco |
Niger 0, Tanzania 1
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Marrakesh, Morocco |
Niger 2, Zambia 1
| At Dar Es Saalam, Tanzania |
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Tanzania 0, Morocco 2
| GROUP F | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| Gabon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Burundi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Gambia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Seychelles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Thursday, Nov. 16 | |||||||
| At Dar Es Saalam, Tanzania |
Burundi 3, Gambia 2
| At Franceville, Gabon |
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Gabon 2, Kenya 1
| Friday, Nov. 17 |
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| At Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
Ivory Coast 9, Seychelles 0
| Sunday, Nov. 19 |
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| At Dar Es Saalam, Tanzania |
Burundi 1, Gabon 2
| Monday, Nov. 20 |
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| At Dar Es Saalam, Tanzania |
Gambia 0, Ivory Coast 2
| At Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
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Seychelles 0, Keyna 5
| GROUP G | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Algeria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Botswana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Somalia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Thursday, Nov. 16 | |||||||
| At Francistown, Botswana |
Botswana 2, Mozambique 3
| At Algiers, Algeria |
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Algeria 3, Somalia 1
| Friday, Nov. 17 |
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| At Berkene, Morocco |
Guinea 2, Uganda 1
| Sunday, Nov. 19 |
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| At Maputo, Mozambique |
Mozambique 0, Algeria 2
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Francistown, Botswana |
Botswana 1, Guinea 0
| At Berkene, Morocco |
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Somalia 0, Uganda 1
| GROUP H | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Tunisia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Malawi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Liberia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| São Tomé | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 15 | |||||||
| At Malabo, Equatorial Guinea |
Equatorial Guinea 1, Namibia 0
| Friday, Nov. 17 |
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| At Paynesville, Liberia |
Liberia 0, Malawi 1
| At Radès, Tunisia |
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Tunisia 4, São Tomé and Príncipe 0
| Monday, Nov. 20 |
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| At Paynesville, Liberia |
Liberia 0, Equatorial Guinea 1
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Lilongwe, Malawi |
Malawi 0, Tunisia 1
| At Agadir, Morocco |
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São Tomé and Príncipe 0, Namibia 2
| GROUP I | |||||||
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| GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Comoros | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Mali | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Madagascar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Ghana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Cent. Afr. Republic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Chad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Friday, Nov. 17 | |||||||
| At Moroni, Comoros |
Comoros 4, Central African Republic 2
| At Kumasi, Ghana |
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Ghana 1, Madagascar 0
| At Bamako, Mali |
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Mali 3, Chad 1
| Monday, Nov. 20 |
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| At Oujda, Morocco |
Chad 0, Madagascar 3
| At Bamako, Mali |
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Mali 1, Central African Republic 1
| Tuesday, Nov. 21 |
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| At Moroni, Comoros |
Comoros 1, Ghana 0