☑️ Another team books their spot at the 2026 World Cup | OneFootball

Now there are 19 teams qualified for the 2026 World Cup.

Egypt's Mohamed Salah confirmed their much-anticipated qualification this Wednesday (8), by beating Djibouti 3 x 0 as a visiting team.

With two goals scored by the 33-year-old Liverpool star. 

The Pharaohs reached 23 points in Group A of the African Qualifiers.

And they can no longer be reached by Burkina Faso, who won 1 x 0 against Sierra Leone and reached 18 points. 

Only one round remains.

Burkina Faso is now only fighting for a spot in the playoffs. 

Rules📝

Fifty-three teams were divided into nine groups.

 Only the group leader will go directly to the Cup. 

So far, this condition has been achieved by Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt. 

The four best second-placed teams secure their spot in the African playoffs.

Which will determine the Continent's representative in the world playoffs.

There will be six teams competing for two spots in the World Cup. New Caledonia and Bolivia are the only ones confirmed so far. 

🇪🇬 Will they make history in 2026?

As the biggest winner of the African Cup of Nations with seven trophies, Egypt is only going to its fourth World Cup in history.

They debuted in the 1934 edition, which started in the round of 16, as there were only 16 teams. And Egypt lost 4 x 2 to Hungary, being eliminated.

They returned in 1990, once again in Italy. They fell in the group stage, which also happened in Russia in 2018.

Their goal is to win their first game and then advance to the next stage.

The qualification for the World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada was achieved without problems.

Adel opened the scoring just eight minutes in after a great play by Zizo. 

The second came at 14', with Trezeguet serving Salah, who scored past the goalkeeper.

Egyptian dominance continued. But the third only came at 84'. Salah was activated in the air and covered Mahamoud by finishing first. 

He reached 63 goals for the national team. The record holder is Hossam Hassan, who has 69 and is currently Egypt's coach. 

🇬🇭 Ghana almost there

Black Stars would only secure their spot this Wednesday in case of a victory and a stumble by Madagascar. Which did not happen.

Ghana did their part by trouncing the Central African Republic 5 x 0 away from home.

Mohammed Salisu (21), Partey (52'), Djiku (69') and Jordan Ayew (72') and Sulemana (87') scored.

They reached 22 points in Group I.

And they are still in a good situation despite Madagascar reaching 19 points by beating Comoros 2 x 1 in the duel of island countries.

Clement Couturier (11') and El Hadary Raheriniaina (73') scored for Madagascar. And Said discounted (82')

The last round will have Ghana x Comoros and Mali x Madagascar.

Ghana can even lose, as they have a goal difference of 16, against eight from Madagascar.

See the situation of all groups here. 

All the qualified teams 👇🏽

AFC - Asia

🇦🇺 Australia - 🇰🇷 South Korea - 🇮🇷 Iran - 🇯🇵 Japan - 🇯🇴 Jordan (debutant) - 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan (debutant) 

CAF - Africa

🇲🇦 Morocco - 🇹🇳 Tunisia - 🇪🇬 Egypt

Concacaf - Central and North America

🇨🇦 Canada (host country) - 🇺🇸 United States (host country) - 🇲🇽 Mexico (host country)

Conmebol - South America

🇦🇷 Argentina - 🇧🇷 Brazil - 🇨🇴 Colombia - 🇪🇨 Ecuador - 🇵🇾 Paraguay - 🇺🇾 Uruguay

OFC - Oceania

🇳🇿 New Zealand

Allocation of spots

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

📸 ABDEL MAJID BZIOUAT - AFP or licensors