2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group A
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group A was a CAF qualifying group for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The group contained Egypt, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Djibouti.
The group winners, Egypt, directly qualified for the World Cup. The group runners-up, Burkina Faso, were eliminated as one of the five worst runners-up.[1][2]
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 1 | Egypt |
10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 26 | 2026 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Burkina Faso |
10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 21 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | ||
| 3 | Sierra Leone |
10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 15 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau |
10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 10 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | Ethiopia |
10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 9 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 6–1 | ||
| 6 | Djibouti |
10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 33 | −28 | 1 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Matches
| Burkina Faso | 1–1 | Guinea-Bissau |
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| Sierra Leone | 0–2 | Egypt |
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Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Paynesville (Liberia)
Attendance: 8,916
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
| Djibouti | 0–1 | Guinea-Bissau |
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| Ethiopia | 0–3 | Burkina Faso |
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Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida (Morocco)
Attendance: 250
Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)
| Egypt | 2–1 | Burkina Faso |
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Referee: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)
| Guinea-Bissau | 1–1 | Egypt |
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Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)
| Burkina Faso | 2–2 | Sierra Leone |
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Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako (Mali)
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
| Sierra Leone | 3–1 | Guinea-Bissau |
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Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Paynesville (Liberia)
Attendance: 6,443
Referee: Daniel Nii Laryea (Ghana)
| Burkina Faso | 4–1 | Djibouti |
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Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida (Morocco)
Attendance: 244
Referee: Abdel Aziz Bouh (Mauritania)
| Guinea-Bissau | 1–2 | Burkina Faso |
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| Egypt | 1–0 | Sierra Leone |
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Referee: Ahmad Heeralall (Mauritius)
| Guinea-Bissau | 1–1 | Sierra Leone |
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Referee: Clement Franklin Kpan (Ivory Coast)
| Djibouti | 0–6 | Burkina Faso |
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Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)
Referee: Younoussa Tawel Camara (Guinea)
Referee: Aklesso Gnama (Togo)
Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Paynesville (Liberia)
Referee: Yannick Malala (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
| Burkina Faso | 0–0 | Egypt |
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Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Republic of Congo)
| Ethiopia | 1–0 | Guinea-Bissau |
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Amahoro Stadium, Kigali (Rwanda)
Referee: Jelly Alfred Chavani (South Africa)
| Sierra Leone | 0–1 | Burkina Faso |
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Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Paynesville (Liberia)
Attendance: 406
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
| Burkina Faso | 3–1 | Ethiopia |
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Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)
| Djibouti | 1–2 | Sierra Leone |
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Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca (Morocco)
Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)
| Egypt | 1–0 | Guinea-Bissau |
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Goalscorers
There were 77 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.57 goals per match.
9 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Pierre Landry Kaboré- Bertrand Traoré
Bereket Desta- Abubeker Nassir
Mama Baldé
2 goals
1 goal
- Cyriaque Irié
- Blati Touré
Abdichakour Farah
Ibrahim Adel- Mohamed Hamdy
- Omar Marmoush
- Mostafa Mohamed
- Biniam Ayten
- Ramkel James
- Minyelu Wondimu
- Zidane Banjaqui
- Fali Candé
- Iano Imbeni
- Tamble Monteiro
- Mauro Rodrigues
Juma Bah- Amadou Bakayoko
- Mustapha Bundu
- Curtis Davies
- Kei Kamara
- Momoh Kamara
- Musa Noah Kamara
- Alhassan Koroma
- Sallieu Tarawallie
- Ibrahim Turay
Discipline
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following infractions:[3]
- Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious infractions)
- Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions were carried forward to further qualification rounds, but not the finals or any other future international matches)
The following suspensions were served during the group stage:
| Team | Player | Infraction(s) | Suspended for match(es) |
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| Burkina Faso | Issoufou Dayo |  vs Guinea-Bissau (17 November 2023) vs Djibouti (21 March 2025) | vs Guinea-Bissau (24 March 2025) |
| Ismahila Ouédraogo | vs Guinea-Bissau (17 November 2023) vs Ethiopia (21 November 2023) | vs Egypt (6 June 2024) | |
| Steeve Yago | vs Sierra Leone (10 June 2024) vs Guinea-Bissau (24 March 2025) | vs Djibouti (5 September 2025) | |
| Djibouti | Ahmed Aden | vs Guinea-Bissau (20 November 2023) vs Ethiopia (9 June 2024) | vs Burkina Faso (21 March 2025) |
| Yabe Siad Isman |  vs Burkina Faso (5 September 2025) | vs Guinea-Bissau (8 September 2025) | |
| Egypt | Marwan Attia | vs Djibouti (16 November 2023) vs Sierra Leone (25 March 2025) | vs Ethiopia (5 September 2025) |
| Guinea-Bissau | Marcelo Djaló | vs Djibouti (20 November 2023) vs Egypt (10 June 2024) | vs Sierra Leone (20 March 2025) |
| Houboulang Mendes |  vs Djibouti (20 November 2023) | vs Ethiopia (6 June 2024) | |
| Alfa Semedo | vs Burkina Faso (17 November 2023) vs Burkina Faso (24 March 2025) | vs Sierra Leone (4 September 2025) | |
| Sierra Leone | Tyrese Fornah | vs Egypt (19 November 2023) | vs Djibouti (5 June 2024) vs Burkina Faso (10 June 2024) |
| Abdul Jarju Kabia | vs Egypt (19 November 2023) | vs Djibouti (5 June 2024) |
