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Elimination games for World Cup 2026 - region Africa, round 01, game 04, night 3 out of 3:

Kenya - Ivory coast 0:0 (neutral location)

Madagascar - Mali 0:0

- Home defender Louis Demoleon was excluded from this game on 19.

South Sudan - Sudan 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 45+2 (47.17) Walieldin Khedr

               0:2 51 (50.43) Yasil Mozamil Mohamed

               0:3 78 (77.51) Mohamed Abdel Raman

Mauritius - Eswatini 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 19 Mike Gaspard

               2:0 44 Lindsay Rose

               2:1 65 Andy Magagula

Cape Verde - Libya 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 10 (09.39) Edilson Borges

Chad - Comoros 0:2 (neutral place)

Scorers: 0:1 59 Myziane Maolida

               0:2 75 El Fardou ben Nabouhane

Lesotho - Rwanda 0:1 (neutral spot)

Scorer: 0:1 44 Jojea Kwizera

Zambia - Tanzania 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 04 Waziri Shentembo junior

South Africa - Zimbabwe 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 01 (31 seconds) Iqraam Rayners

               1:1 02 (01.40) Thawanda Shirewa

               2:1 54 (54.04) Thapelo Morena

               3:1 75 (75.08) Thapelo Morena

Angola - Cameroon 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 10 Bryan Mbeumo

               1:1 54-own goal Michael Ngadeu

Gabon - Gambia 3:2

Scorers: 0:1 32 Yankuba Minteh

               1:1 52 Jim Allevinah

               2:1 69 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

               3:1 72 Denis Bouanga

               3:2 79 Adama Bojang

Seychelles - Burundi 1:3 (neutral terrain)

Scorers: 0:1 34 Abdallah Sudi

               0:2 62 Bienvenue Kanakimana

               0:3 69 Bienvenue Kanakimana

               1:3 78 Lorenzo Hoareau

Congo - Morocco 0:6 (neutral arena)

Scorers: 0:1 07 (07.18) Azzedine Ounahi

               0:2 16 (15.46) Chadi Riad

               0:3 20 (19.22) Ayoub el Kaabi

               0:4 38 (38.13) Ayoub el Kaabi

               0:5 52 (52.09) Ayoub el Kaabi

               0:6 62 (61.34) Soufiane Rahimi

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Two opposing players from the same game have shaken the nets three times each

Elimination games for World Cup 2026 - region Africa, round 01, game 04, night 2 out of 3:

Somalia - Botswana 1:3 (neutral spot)

Scorers: 0:1 09 Thabang Sesinyi

               0:2 53 Mosha Gaolaolwe

               0:3 72-pen Kabelo Seakanyeng

               1:3 74 Sakariya Hassan

Equatorial Guinea - Malawi 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 82 (81.54) Ivan Salvador

Uganda - Algeria 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 10 (09.55) Travis Mutyaba

               1:1 46 (45.41) Houssem-Eddine Aouar

               1:2 58 (57.29) Said Benrahma

Benin - Nigeria 2:1 (neutral stadium)

Scorers: 0:1 27 Raphael Onyedika

               1:1 37 Jodel Dossou

               2:1 45+3 Steve Mounie

Guinea-Bissau - Egypt 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 41 (41.03) Mama Samba Balde

               1:1 69 (69.10) Mohamed Salah

Burkina Faso - Sierra Leone 2:2 (neutral place)

Scorers: 1:0 40 Dango Ouattara

               2:0 45+2-pen Lassina Traore

               2:1 58 Augustus Karoso

               2:2 87 Amadou Bakatoko

Ghana - Central African Republic 4:3

Scorers: 1:0 05-pen (05.07) Jordan Ayew

               1:1 11 (10.39) Louis Mafouta

               1:2 40 (40.02) Louis Mafouta

               2:2 59 (59.03) Jordan Ayew

               3:2 61-own goal (61.08) Sadock Ndobe

               4:2 68 (68.10) Jordan Ayew

               4:3 90 (89.37) Louis Mafouta

Guinea - Mozambique 0:1 (neutral arena)

Scorer: 0:1 90+2 Geny Catamo

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Popularity of one as a number

Elimination games for World Cup 2026 - region Africa, round 1, game 04, night 1 out of 3:

Sao Tome e Principe - Liberia 0:1 (neutral arena)

Scorer: 0:1 89 (89.19) Sheikh Sesay

Namibia - Tunisia 0:0 (neutral location)

Djibouti - Ethiopia 1:1 (neutral terrain)

Scorers: 1:0 28 (28.05) Gabriel Dadzie

               1:1 30 (30.02) Minyelu Wondimi

Democratic Republic of Congo - Togo 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 06 (05.21) Meschack Elia

Mauritania - Senegal 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 27 (26.23) Habib Diallo

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Better played on neutral location than home

Elimination games for World Cup 2026 - region Africa, round 1, game 03, night 4 out of 4:

Cameroon - Cape Verde 4:1

Scorers: 1:0 12 (12.06) Michael Ngadeu

               2:0 25 (24.22) Vincent Aboubakar

               2:1 36 (36.19) Jamiro Monteiro

               3:1 43-pen (43.04) Vincent Aboubakar

               4:1 53 (53.04) Nouhou Tolo

- Cape Verde had a penalty on 90+4 (93.23), but the 11 metre shot was perfectly saved from Kevin Lenini Pina.

Gambia - Seychelles 5:1 (neutral arena)

Scorers: 1:0 10 (09.44) Mohamed Badamosi

               1:1 14 (13.21) Ryan Henriette

               2:1 52-pen (51.52) Musa Barrow

               3:1 54 (54.14) Yankuba Minteh

               4:1 66 (65.30) Mohamed Badamosi

               5:1 78 (77.35) Adama Sidibeh

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Rivals did not score in four matches

Elimination games for World Cup 2026 - region Africa, round 01, game 03, night 3 out of 4:

Zimbabwe - Lesotho 0:2 (neutral stadium)

Scorers: 0:1 20 Rethabile Rasethuntsha

               0:2 30 Jane Thaba-Ntsho

Kenya - Burundi 1:1 (neutral place)

Scorers: 1:0 72 (71.31) Duke Abuya

               1:1 85 (84.34) Abdallah Sudi

Mozambique - Somalia 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 13 (13.06) Alfons Amade

               2:0 29 (28.47) Stanley Ratifo

               2:1 66 (65.24) Ismail Shirwa

Uganda - Botswana 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 73 (73.11) Muhammad Shaban

Angola - Eswatini 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 02 Agostinho Paciencia

Madagascar - Comoros 2:1 (neutral location)

Scorers: 1:0 01 Rayan Raveloson

               2:0 65 Rayan Raveloson

               2:1 90+4 El Fardou Ben Nabouhane

Ivory coast - Gabon 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 35 (35.15) Seko Fofana

Morocco - Zambia 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 05-pen (05.01) Hakim Ziyech

               2:0 66 (66.04) Eliesse Ben Seghir

               2:1 80 (79.30) Edward Chilufya

Nigeria - South Africa 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 29 Themba Zwane

               1:1 46 Oluwafisayo Dele-Bashiru

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Ten players have outnumbered eleven of their rivals

Elimination games for World Cup 2026 - region Africa, round 01, game 03, night 2 out of 4:

Malawi - Sao Tome e Principe 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 06 (05.47) Chawanangwa Kaonga

               2:0 14 (13.28) Lanjesi Nkhoma

               2:1 67 (66.33) Denilson Silva

               3:1 78 (77.57) Chifundo Mphasi

Congo - Niger postponed

- Furious of playing at neutral terrain in the neighbouring capital of Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa, and not in his own country of Brazzaville, the Congolese minister of sport Hughes Nguilondile has brought back the team back home. Their next duel against Morocco on 11 June is at risk as well because it is scheduled to be played at the same location.

Libya - Mauritius 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 19-pen Faisal al Badri

               1:1 34 Kevin Bru

               2:1 Ahmed Ekrawa

- On 83 Ali Youssef (Libya) had to abandon the terrain due to a direct red card.

Guinea-Bissau - Ethiopia 0:0

Mauritania - Sudan 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 14 Saifeldin Bakhit

               0:2 29 Aly Abeid

Algeria - Guinea 1:2

Scorers: 0:1 49 Morlaye Sylla

               1:1 52-own goal Yasser Balde

               1:2 63 Aguibou Camara

Senegal - Democratic Republic of Congo 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 45 Pape Matar Sarr

               1:1 84 Fiston Mayele

Benin - Rwanda 1:0 (neutral arena)

Scorer: 1:0 37 Douko Dodo

Mali - Ghana 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 45 (45.19) Kamory Doumbia

               1:1 57 (57.07) Ernest Nuamah

               1:2 90+4 (93.36) Jordan Ayew

Egypt - Burkina Faso 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 03 (02.53) Mahmoud Hassan

               2:0 07 (06.59) Mahmoud Hassan

               2:1 55 (55.18) Lassina Traore

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One at most duels

Elimination games for World Cup 2026 - region Africa, round 01, game 03, night 1 out of 4:

Namibia - Liberia 1:1 (neutral location)

Scorers: 1:0 08 (07.21) Tjipenandjambi Karuuombe

               1:1 65 (64.45) Terry Sackor

Sierra Leone - Djibouti 2:1 (neutral spot)

Scorers: 1:0 12 Curtis Davies

               1:1 34-pen Gabriel Dadzie

               2:1 50 Augustus Kargbo

Togo - South Sudan 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 61 Khaled Narey

               1:1 68-own goal Roger Aholou

Central African Republic - Chad 1:0 (neutral place)

Scorer: 1:0 29 (28.37) Venuste Baboula

Tunisia - Equatorial Guinea 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 82-pen (81.24) Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane

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Elimination duels to be played for a global level competition

From club we are switching to team level excitements, as qualifiers for the World Cup 2026 looms ever closer this summer for (only) 3 confederations.

Next week the African region resumes with its games number 3 while on the weekend each of the team would start with match 4.

Game 3

05 June, Wednesday at 18.00 CEt: Central African Republic - Chad (playing in Morocco).

05 June, Wednesday at 18.00 CEt: Namibia - Liberia (playing in South Africa).

05 June, Wednesday at 18.00 CEt: Sierra Leone - Djibouti (playing in Morocco).

05 June, Wednesday at 18.00 CEt: Togo - South Sudan.

05 June, Wednesday at 21.00 CEt: Tunisia - Equatorial Guinea.

06 June, Thursday at 15.00 CEt: Malawi - Sao Tome e Principe.

06 June, Thursday at 18.00 CEt: Congo - Niger (playing in Democratic Republic of Congo).

06 June, Thursday at 18.00 CEt: Guinea-Bissau - Ethiopia.

06 June, Thursday at 18.00 CEt: Libya - Mauritius.

06 June, Thursday at 18.00 CEt: Mauritania - Sudan.

06 June, Thursday at 21.00 CEt: Algeria - Guinea.

06 June, Thursday at 21.00 CEt: Benin - Rwanda (playing in Ivory coast).

06 June, Thursday at 21.00 CEt: Egypt - Burkina Faso.

06 June, Thursday at 21.00 CEt: Mali - Ghana.

06 June, Thursday at 21.00 CEt: Senegal - Democratic Republic of Congo.

07 June, Friday at 15.00 CEt: Kenya - Burundi (playing in Malawi).

07 June, Friday at 15.00 CEt: Mozambique - Somalia.

07 June, Friday at 15.00 CEt: Zimbabwe - Lesotho (playing in South Africa).

07 June, Friday at 18.00 CEt: Angola - Eswatini.

07 June, Friday at 18.00 CEt: Madagascar - Comoros (playing in South Africa).

07 June, Friday at 18.00 CEt: Uganda - Botswana.

07 June, Friday at 21.00 CEt: Ivory coast - Gabon.

07 June, Friday at 21.00 CEt: Morocco - Zambia.

07 June, Friday at 21.00 CEt: Nigeria - South Africa.

08 June, Saturday at 15.00 CEt: Cameroon - Cape Verde.

08 June, Saturday at 18.00 CEt: Gambia - Seychelles (playing in Morocco).

Game 4

09 June, Sunday at 15.00 CEt: Sao Tome e Principe - Liberia (playing in Morocco).

09 June, Sunday at 18.00 CEt: Democratic Republic of Congo - Togo.

09 June, Sunday at 18.00 CEt: Djibouti - Ethiopia (playing in Morocco).

09 June, Sunday at 18.00 CEt: Mauritania - Senegal.

09 June, Sunday at 21.00 CEt: Namibia - Tunisia (playing in South Africa).

The North, Central America and Caribbean confederation begins the first ever games from the second phase.

Match 1

05 June, Wednesday at 21.00 CEt: Antigua and Barbuda - Bermuda.

05 June, Wednesday at 23.00 CEt: Suriname - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

06 June, Thursday at 01.30 CEt: Curacao - Barbados.

06 June, Thursday at 01.30 CEt: Trinidad and Tobago - Grenada.

06 June, Thursday at 04.00 CEt: Guatemala - Dominica.

06 June, Thursday at 04.00 CEt: Nicaragua - Montserrat.

06 June, Thursday at 23.00 CEt: Haiti - Saint Lucia.

07 June, Friday at 01.30 CEt: Jamaica - Dominican Republic.

07 June, Friday at 02.30 CEt: Honduras - Cuba.

07 June, Friday at 02.30 CEt: Panama - Guyana.

07 June, Friday at 04.30 CEt: Costa Rica - Saint Kitts and Nevis.

08 June, Saturday at 21.00 CEt: British Virgin islands - Guatemala.

08 June, Saturday at 21.30 CEt: Anguilla - Suriname.

08 June, Saturday at 22.30 CEt: Cayman islands - Antigua and Barbuda.

08 June, Saturday at 23.30 CEt: Bahamas - Trinidad and Tobago (playing in Saint Kitts and Nevis).

Match 2

09 June, Sunday at 02.00 CEt: Aruba - Curacao.

09 June, Sunday at 02.00 CEt: Belize - Nicaragua.

Joint qualifiers from the Asian region are the only ones this month who is serving for 2 competitions at the same time: World Cup 2026 and Asian Cup 2027. 

Duel 5

06 June, Thursday at 11.00 CEt: Indonesia - Iraq.

06 June, Thursday at 12.45 CEt: Bangladesh - Australia.

06 June, Thursday at 13.00 CEt: Chinese Taipei - Oman.

06 June, Thursday at 14.00 CEt: Hong Kong - Islamic Republic of Iran.

06 June, Thursday at 14.00 CEt: People's Republic of China - Thailand.

06 June, Thursday at 14.00 CEt: Singapore - South Korea.

06 June, Thursday at 14.00 CEt: Vietnam - Philippines.

06 June, Thursday at 14.10 CEt: Myanmar - Japan.

06 June, Thursday at 15.00 CEt: North Korea - Syria (playing in Laos).

06 June, Thursday at 15.30 CEt: India - Kuwait.

06 June, Thursday at 16.30 CEt: Uzbekistan - Turkmenistan.

06 June, Thursday at 17.00 CEt: Kyrgyzstan - Malaysia.

06 June, Thursday at 17.30 CEt: Pakistan - Saudi Arabia.

06 June, Thursday at 18.00 CEt: Afghanistan - Qatar (playing in Saudi Arabia).

06 June, Thursday at 18.00 CEt: Nepal - United Arab Emirates (playing in Saudi Arabia).

06 June, Thursday at 18.00 CEt: Palestine - Lebanon (playing in Qatar).

06 June, Thursday at 19.30 CEt: Bahrain - Yemen.

06 June, Thursday at 19.30 CEt: Jordan - Tajikistan.

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Zeros at four duels (out of many)

Elimination games for World Cup 2026 - region Africa, round 01, game 02, night 3 out of 3:

Botswana - Guinea 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 79 Kabelo Seakanyeng

Ethiopia - Burkina Faso 0:3 (neutral arena)

Scorers: 0:1 69 Ibrahim Blati Toure

               0:2 78-pen Bertrand Traore

               0:3 89 Dango Ouattara

Somalia - Uganda 0:1 (neutral venue)

Scorer: 0:1 04 Rogers Mato

- Somalia from 45 remained with 10 players because for two yellow cards Abdi Mohamed has waved to all.

Eswatini - Cape Verde 0:2 (neutral arena)

Scorers: 0:1 17 Ryan Mendes

               0:2 38 Jamiro Monteiro

- Bad weather was the reason of why this duel was delayed for 75 minutes.

Lesotho - Benin 0:0 (neutral stadium)

Malawi - Tunisia 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 88-pen Youssef Msakni

Rwanda - South Africa 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 12 Innocent Nshuti

               2:0 28 Gilbert Mugisha

South Sudan - Mauritania 0:0 (neutral place)

Togo - Senegal 0:0

Sao Tome e principe - Namibia 0:2 (neutral pitch)

Scorers: 0:1 09 Prins Tjiueza

               0:2 74-own goal Pedro Leonardo Goncalves Mateus

Libya - Cameroon 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 34-pen Olivier Ntcham

               1:1 43 Abdulmunem Aleiyan

Comoros - Ghana 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 43 Myziane Maolida

Mauritius - Angola 0:0 (neutral spot)

Niger - Zambia 2:1 (neutral venue)

Scorers: 1:0 06 Amadou Moutari

               2:0 28 Boubacar Djibriill Goumey

               2:1 49 Patson Daka

Tanzania - Morocco 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 28 (27.21) Hakim Ziyech

               0:2 53-own goal (52.55) Lusajo Mwaikenda

- The visitors could have taken the lead at 03 (02.32), but Achraf Hakimi missed the whole goal from 11 metres.

- On 64 (64.09) Tanzania had to play with 10 men because of second yellow card of Novatus Miroshi.

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Home teams have recorded only one goal on the list

Elimination games for World Cup 2026 - region Africa, round 1 of 2, game 02, night 2 out of 3:

Djibouti - Guinea-Bissau 0:1 (neutral stadium)

Scorer: 0:1 39 Mauro Rodrigues

- From 82 Guinea-Bissau played with 10 men because for two yellow cards Houboulang Mendes had to leave the pitch.

Liberia - Equatorial Guinea 0:1

Scorers: 0:1 09 Emilio Nsue

- Nohan Kenneh saw his second yellow card on 45, weakening Liberia for second half.

Eritrea - Congo (cancelled)

Gambia - Ivory coast 0:2 (neutral arena)

Scorers: 0:1 45 Christian Kouame

               0:2 85 Seko Fofana

Mali - Central African Republic 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 75 Kamory Doumbia

               1:1 79 Geoffrey Kondogbia

Seychelles - Kenya 0:5 (neutral venue)

Scorers: 0:1 03 Michael Olunga

               0:2 05 Michael Olunga

               0:3 45+3 Masoud Juma Choka

               0:4 62 Rooney Onyango

               0:5 73 Benson Omala

Chad - Madagascar 0:3 (neutral place)

Scorers: 0:1 09 Njiva Rakotoharimalala

               0:2 84 Njiva Rakotoharimalala

               0:3 90 Loic Lapoussin

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Red cards in each halves issued

Elimination games for World Cup 2026 - region Africa, round 1 of 2, game 02, night 1 out of 3:

Zimbabwe - Nigeria 1:1 (neutral place)

Scorers: 1:0 23 Walter Musona

               1:1 67 Kelechi Iheanacho

Mozambique - Algeria 0:2

Scorers: 0:1 69 Fares Chaibi

               0:2 79 Ramiz Zerrouki

Burundi - Gabon 1:2 (neutral arena)

Scorers: 0:1 34 Jim Allevinah

               0:2 83 Denis Bouanga

               1:2 87 Abedi Bigirimana

Sierra Leone - Egypt 0:2 (neutral stadium)

Scorers: 0:1 18 Mahmoud Hassan

               0:2 62 Mahmoud Hassan

- Sierra Leone finished this match with nine players, and the missing ones have received two yellow cards: on 39 Tyrese Fornah was first to leave, followed by Abdul Kabia at 90+8.

Sudan - Democratic Republic of Congo 1:0 (neutral venue)

Scorer: 1:0 79-own goal Charles Pickel

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Entertainment has began very early

Elimination games for World Cup 2026 - region Africa, round 1 of 2, game 01, night 4 out of 4:

South Africa - Benin 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 02 (01.53) Percy Tau

               2:0 45+2 (46.25) Khuliso Mudau

               2:1 69 (69.13) Steve Mounie

Niger - Tanzania 0:1 (neutral stadium)

Scorer: 0:1 55 (55.17) Charles M'Mombwa

Senegal - South Sudan 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 01 (39 seconds) Pape Matar Sarr

               2:0 06 (05.39) Sadio Mane

               3:0 44 (44.11) Lamine Camara

               4:0 56-pen (56.01) Sadio Mane

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Nine as a highest number

Elimination games for World Cup 2026 - region Africa, round 01, game 01, night 3 out of 4:

Comoros - Central African Republic 4:2

Scorers: 0:1 09-own goal Akim Abdallah

               1:1 29 Kassim M'Dahoma

               2:1 49 Benjaloud Youssouf

               3:1 57 Rafiki Said

               4:1 68 Myziane Maolida

               4:2 74-own goal Younn Zahary

Eswatini - Libya 0:1 (neutral terrain)

Scorer: 0:1 53 Ahmed Ekrawa

Guinea - Uganda 2:1 (neutral venue)

Scorers: 1:0 09 Aguibou Camara

               1:1 29 Fahad Bayo

               2:1 90+4 Seydouba Cisse

Ghana - Madagascar 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 90+6 Inaki Williams

Zambia - Congo 4:2

Scorers: 1:0 04 Patson Daka

               1:1 13 Silvere Ganvoula

               1:2 15 Mons Bassouamina

               2:2 43 Lameck Banda

               3:2 69 Fashion Sakala

               4:2 90+2 Patson Daka

Liberia - Malawi 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 77 Chifundo Mphasi

Mali - Chad 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 45 Kamory Doumbia

               1:1 53 Marius Mouandilmadji

               2:1 77 Youssoufou Niakate

               3:1 80 Ibrahima Sissoko

Burkina Faso - Guinea-Bissau 1:1 (neutral arena)

Scorers: 0:1 19 Mama Balde

               1:1 60 Bertrand Traore

Tunisia - Sao Tome e Principe 4:0

Scorers: 1:0 37 Yassine Meriah

               2:0 53 Youssef Msakni

               3:0 79 Hamza Rafia

               4:0 88 Firas Ben al Arbi

Cameroon - Mauritius 3:0

Scorers: 1:0 45+2 Bryan Mbeumo

               2:0 87 Georges-Kevin N'Koudou

               3:0 90+2 Frank Magri

Ivory coast - Seychelles 9:0

Scorers: 1:0 19-pen Sebastien Haller

               2:0 24 Ibrahim Sangare

               3:0 36 Simon Adingra

               4:0 39 Karim Konate

               5:0 59 Seko Fofana

               6:0 77 Hamed Traore junior

               7:0 84-pen Jean-Philippe Krasso

               8:0 90+4 Hamed Traore junior

               9:0 90+5 Karim Konate

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Unpopular result have spoiled the fun

Elimination games for World Cup 2026 - region Africa, round 01, game 01, night 2 out of 4:

Botswana - Mozambique 2:3

Scorers: 0:1 14 Clesio Bauque

               0:2 52 Stanley Ratifo

               1:2 74 Tihalefang Molaodi

               1:3 75 Jonathan Muiomo

               2:3 84 Mogakolodi Ngele

- The 11 metre shot from Mogakolodi Ngele (Botswana) was perfectly saved on 84.

Burundi - Gambia 3:2 (neutral place)

Scorers: 1:0 30 Abedi Bigirimana

               2:0 34 Frederic Nsabiyumva

               2:1 45+4 Musa Barrow

               3:1 74 Abdallah Sudi

               3:2 90+6-pen Ebrima Colley

Algeria - Somalia 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 02-own goal Ahmed Abdullahi Abdi

               2:0 30 Baghdad Bounedjah

               2:1 64 Issa Abatari

               3:1 79 Islam Slimani

Egypt - Djibouti 6:0

Scorers: 1:0 17 Mohamed Salah

               2:0 22-pen Mohamed Salah

               3:0 48 Mohamed Salah

               4:0 69 Mohamed Salah

               5:0 73 Mostafa Mohamed

               6:0 89 Mahmoud Ibrahim Hassan

Gabon - Kenya 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 39 Masoud Juma

               1:1 59 Denis Bouanga

               2:1 88 Guelor Kanga

Nigeria - Lesotho 1:1

Scorers: 0:1 55 Motiomelo Mkwanazi

               1:1 67 Semi Ajayi

Sudan - Togo 1:1 (neutral place)

Scorers: 1:0 17-pen Mohamed Eisa

               1:1 43 Ahoueke Steeve Kevin Denkey

Cape Verde - Angola 0:0

Morocco - Eritrea (cancelled)

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Low efficiency at start of qualifiers

Elimination games for World Cup 2026 - region Africa, round 01 of 2, game 01, night 1 out of 4:

Equatorial Guinea - Namibia 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 67 Emilio Nsue

Rwanda - Zimbabwe 0:0

Democratic Republic of Congo - Mauritania 2:0

Scorers: 1:0 62 Yoane Wissa

               2:0 80 Theo Bongonda

Ethiopia - Sierra Leone 0:0 (neutral stadium)

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Confederation number three is ready for play

Plenty of qualifying matches for the World Cup 2026 competition are scheduled to entertain us for the last time this year.

Africa is the third continent that will join the elimination stages. Fifty three teams are going to hunt the first places of nine groups (of which they are divided to) for securing their travels to the finals, while the fifty fourth will not even begin this cycle.

Leg 01

15 November, Wednesday at 14.00 CEt: Equatorial Guinea - Namibia.

15 November, Wednesday at 14.00 CEt: Rwanda - Zimbabwe.

15 November, Wednesday at 17.00 CEt: Democratic Republic of Congo - Mauritania.

15 November, Wednesday at 20.00 CEt: Ethiopia - Sierra Leone (playing in El Jadida, Morocco).

16 November, Thursday at 14.00 CEt: Botswana - Mozambique.

16 November, Thursday at 14.00 CEt: Burundi - Gambia.

16 November, Thursday at 17.00 CEt: Algeria - Somalia.

16 November, Thursday at 17.00 CEt: Egypt - Djibouti.

16 November, Thursday at 17.00 CEt: Gabon - Kenya.

16 November, Thursday at 17.00 CEt: Nigeria - Lesotho.

16 November, Thursday at 17.00 CEt: Sudan - Togo (playing in Baninah, Libya).

16 November, Thursday at 20.00 CEt: Cape Verde - Angola.

16 November, Thursday at 20.00 CEt: Morocco - Eritrea (cancelled).

17 November, Friday at 14.00 CEt: Comoros - Central African Republic.

17 November, Friday at 14.00 CEt: Eswatini - Libya (playing in Mbombela, South Africa).

17 November, Friday at 14.00 CEt: Guinea - Uganda (playing in Berkane, Morocco).

17 November, Friday at 17.00 CEt: Ghana - Madagascar.

17 November, Friday at 17.00 CEt: Liberia - Malawi.

17 November, Friday at 17.00 CEt: Zambia - Congo.

17 November, Friday at 20.00 CEt: Burkina Faso - Guinea-Bissau (playing in Marrakesh, Morocco).

17 November, Friday at 20.00 CEt: Cameroon - Mauritius.

17 November, Friday at 20.00 CEt: Ivory coast - Seychelles.

17 November, Friday at 20.00 CEt: Mali - Chad.

17 November, Friday at 20.00 CEt: Tunisia - Sao Tome e Principe.

18 November, Saturday at 14.00 CEt: South Africa - Benin.

18 November, Saturday at 17.00 CEt: Niger - Tanzania (playing in Marrakesh, Morocco).

18 November, Saturday at 20.00 CEt: Senegal - South Sudan.

Leg 02

19 November, Sunday at 14.00 CEt: Burundi - Gabon (playing in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania).

19 November, Sunday at 14.00 CEt: Mozambique - Algeria.

19 November, Sunday at 14.00 CEt: Zimbabwe - Nigeria (playing in Butare, Rwanda).

19 November, Sunday at 17.00 CEt: Sierra Leone - Egypt (playing in Paynesville, Liberia).

19 November, Sunday at 17.00 CEt: Sudan - Democratic Republic of Congo (playing in Baninah, Libya).

Nine groups of four teams are from the Asian second qualifying round which are also part of the Asian Cup eliminations for 2027. Up to 36 duels will enter the list, and next week is the start of the first part.

Leg 01

16 November, Thursday at 10.00 CEt: Australia - Bangladesh.

16 November, Thursday at 11.02 CEt: Japan - Myanmar.

16 November, Thursday at 12.00 CEt: Philippines - Vietnam.

16 November, Thursday at 12.00 CEt: South Korea - Singapore.

16 November, Thursday at 13.30 CEt: Thailand - People's Republic of China.

16 November, Thursday at 14.00 CEt: Malaysia - Kyrgyzstan.

16 November, Thursday at 14.00 CEt: Tajikistan - Jordan.

16 November, Thursday at 15.00 CEt: Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan.

16 November, Thursday at 15.30 CEt: Islamic Republic of Iran - Hong Kong.

16 November, Thursday at 15.45 CEt: Iraq - Indonesia.

16 November, Thursday at 16.00 CEt: Lebanon - Palestine (playing in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates).

16 November, Thursday at 16.00 CEt: Oman - Chinese Taipei.

16 November, Thursday at 16.45 CEt: Qatar - Afghanistan.

16 November, Thursday at 16.45 CEt: United Arab Emirates - Nepal.

16 November, Thursday at 17.30 CEt: Kuwait - India.

16 November, Thursday at 17.30 CEt: Saudi Arabia - Pakistan.

16 November, Thursday at 18.00 CEt: Syria - North Korea (playing in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia).

16 November, Thursday at 19.00 CEt: Yemen - Bahrain (playing in Abha, Saudi Arabia).

Ten matches are scheduled to play on the South American continent as well. Here are only presented the first 5.

Round 05

16 November, Thursday at 21.00 CEt: Bolivia - Peru.

16 November, Thursday at 23.00 CEt: Venezuela - Ecuador.

17 November, Friday at 01.00 CEt: Argentina - Uruguay.

17 November, Friday at 01.00 CEt: Colombia - Brazil.

17 November, Friday at 01.30 CEt: Chile - Paraguay.

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Pulled out before it even began

After not playing elimination matches for the African Cup of nations 2023, one East African country is going to repeat the same thing.

For the second consecutive time Eritrea will not play qualifiers for a major tournament. On 02 November it was announced that the team would have to pull out from the elimination duels of the World Cup 2026 because the Commissioner of the national association has forbid them to participate. Next Wednesday this continent kicks-off the (long) journey towards the finals, so instead of six teams group E will resume with five.

This is the first withdrawal that some team has made for this cycle.

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Details known about a joined draw

In the beginning of this month it was revealed when the joined draw for two future tournaments will be held.

As always, the Asian continent is going to start first with the journey for the World Cup. This time for the expanded 2026 edition five rounds will be played. Everything is going to begin on 12 October. Until the third round this as well will be used as part of the Asian Cup event that have to kick-off in 2027. From then point onwards this competition would be independent and is going to have its own qualifying matches. But for that to happen, the 45 member associations would have to wait until 27 July when nine pairs for the first round and nine groups for the second will be revealed. The layout in the capital of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur will be performed at 14.00 and 16.00 local time.

In related news, the African continent has already conducted the layout for the World Cup 2026. Ivory coast was the host of the draw where nine groups with six teams were formed. When this confederation is concerned, 13 November is the commencing point, and all looks like this:

Group A: Egypt, Burkina faso, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra leone, Ethiopia, Djibouti.

Group B: Senegal, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritania, Togo, Sudan, South Sudan.

Group C: Nigeria, South Africa, Benin, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Lesotho.

Group D: Cameroon, Cape verde, Angola, Libya, Eswatini, Mauritius.

Group E: Morocco, Zambia, Congo, Tanzania, Niger, Eritrea.

Group F: Ivory coast, Gabon, Kenya, Gambia, Burundi, Seychelles.

Group G: Algeria, Guinea, Uganda, Mozambique, Botswana, Somalia.

Group H: Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Namibia, Malawi, Liberia, Sao Tome e principe.

Group I: Mali, Ghana, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Comoros, Chad.

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