{"id":83786,"date":"2023-07-13T19:57:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T19:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/13\/full-draw-of-the-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T19:57:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T19:57:33","slug":"full-draw-of-the-2026-world-cup-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/13\/full-draw-of-the-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Full draw of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2026 World Cup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers has been held in Ivory Coast today.<\/p>\n

In the draw, 54 teams were drawn into nine groups of six teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches.<\/p>\n

Ghana, who have been housed in Group I\u00a0will face Mali, Madagascar, Central Africa Republic, Comoros and Chad in the qualifying series for the global showpiece.<\/p>\n

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The winner of each group will qualify for the World Cup, while the best four second-placed teams from across all nine groups will enter into a continental play-off to determine one winner who will then proceed to a second and final play-off which will include six teams from the other different confederations.<\/p>\n

The top two of these six will qualify for the World Cup to make up the 48 teams.<\/p>\n

The qualifiers are scheduled to start in November this year, with matchday one and two scheduled for between 13-21 November, while the third and fourth match days are scheduled for June 2024.<\/p>\n

The last match day will be in the week of October 6-14 while the Continental play-off will be staged between 10-18 November 2025 at a venue to be communicated later.<\/p>\n

Ghana is chasing a 5th appearance at the World Cup after representing in the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2022 editions.<\/p>\n

The next edition of the Mundial will be hosted by\u00a0the United States of America, Mexico and Canada.<\/p>\n

Here is the full draw:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Group A<\/strong>: Egypt, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Djibouti<\/p>\n

Group B<\/strong>: Senegal, Congo DR, Mauritania, Togo, Sudan, South Sudan<\/p>\n

Group C<\/strong>: Nigeria, South Africa, Benin, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Lesotho<\/p>\n

Group D<\/strong>: Cameroon, Cape Verde, Angola, Libya, Swaziland, Mauritius<\/p>\n

Group E<\/strong>: Morocco, Zambia, Congo, Tanzania, Niger, Eritrea<\/p>\n

Group F<\/strong>: C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Gabon, Kenya, The Gambia, Burundi, Seychelles<\/p>\n

Group G<\/strong>: Algeria, Guinea, Uganda, Mozambique, Botswana, Somalia<\/p>\n

Group H<\/strong>: Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Namibia, Malawi, Liberia, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9<\/p>\n

Group I<\/strong>: Mali, Ghana, Madagascar, CAR, Comoros, Chad<\/p>\n

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