2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group A

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group A is a CAF qualifying group for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The group contains Egypt, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Djibouti.

The group winner will directly qualify for the World Cup, and the runner-up could compete in the play-off to advance to the inter-confederation playoffs.

Standings

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Matches

15 November 2023 (2023-11-15) 20:00 UTC+1	Ethiopia	0–0	Sierra Leone	Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida (Morocco) Attendance: 50 Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)
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16 November 2023 (2023-11-16) 18:00 UTC+2	Egypt	6–0	Djibouti	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Jelly Chavani (South Africa)
	Salah  17', 22' (pen.), 48', 69' Mohamed  73' Trézéguet  89'	Report

17 November 2023 (2023-11-17) 20:00 UTC+1	Burkina Faso	1–1	Guinea-Bissau	Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh (Morocco) Attendance: 120 Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
	Traoré  61'	Report	Baldé  20'

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19 November 2023 (2023-11-19) 16:00 UTC±0	Sierra Leone	0–2	Egypt	Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Paynesville (Liberia) Attendance: 8,916 Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
		Report	Trézéguet  18', 62'

20 November 2023 (2023-11-20) 15:00 UTC+2	Djibouti	0–1	Guinea-Bissau	Al Salam Stadium, Cairo (Egypt) Attendance: 35 Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)
		Report	Rodrigues  39'

21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 20:00 UTC+1	Ethiopia	0–3	Burkina Faso	Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida (Morocco) Attendance: 385 Referee: Lamin Jammeh (Gambia)
		Report	Touré  39' Traoré  78' (pen.) Ouattara  90'

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June 2024 (2024-06)	Sierra Leone	v	Djibouti

June 2024 (2024-06)	Guinea-Bissau	v	Ethiopia

June 2024 (2024-06)	Egypt	v	Burkina Faso

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June 2024 (2024-06)	Burkina Faso	v	Sierra Leone

June 2024 (2024-06)	Guinea-Bissau	v	Egypt

June 2024 (2024-06)	Djibouti	v	Ethiopia

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March 2025 (2025-03)	Burkina Faso	v	Djibouti

March 2025 (2025-03)	Sierra Leone	v	Guinea-Bissau

March 2025 (2025-03)	Ethiopia	v	Egypt

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March 2025 (2025-03)	Guinea-Bissau	v	Burkina Faso

March 2025 (2025-03)	Egypt	v	Sierra Leone

March 2025 (2025-03)	Ethiopia	v	Djibouti

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September 2025 (2025-09)	Guinea-Bissau	v	Sierra Leone

September 2025 (2025-09)	Djibouti	v	Burkina Faso

September 2025 (2025-09)	Egypt	v	Ethiopia

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September 2025 (2025-09)	Burkina Faso	v	Egypt

September 2025 (2025-09)	Guinea-Bissau	v	Djibouti

September 2025 (2025-09)	Sierra Leone	v	Ethiopia

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October 2025 (2025-10)	Djibouti	v	Egypt

October 2025 (2025-10)	Sierra Leone	v	Burkina Faso

October 2025 (2025-10)	Ethiopia	v	Guinea-Bissau

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October 2025 (2025-10)	Burkina Faso	v	Ethiopia

October 2025 (2025-10)	Djibouti	v	Sierra Leone

October 2025 (2025-10)	Egypt	v	Guinea-Bissau