Algeria, Cameroon, Tunisia, Madagascar, and Mali earned key wins as Africa’s World Cup qualifiers reached Matchday 7.
Matchday 7 of the African qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup produced crucial results on Thursday:
- Group A (Bissau): Guinea-Bissau 1 (Balde 75) – Sierra Leone 1 (Kamara 45+1)
- Group D (Saint-Pierre, Mauritius): Mauritius 0 – Cape Verde 2 (Cabral 22, Borges 71)
- Group D (Luanda): Angola 0 – Libya 1 (El Mariamy 48)
- Group D (Yaounde): Cameroon 3 (Gamedze 6-og, N’Koudou 25, Avom 28) – Eswatini 0
- Group G (Tizi Ouzou): Algeria 3 (Amoura 33, Bounedjah 72, 90+6) – Botswana 1 (Kopelang 43)
- Group H (Oujda, Morocco): Sao Tome e Principe 2 (Afonso 8-pen, 42-pen) – Equatorial Guinea 3 (Ganet 53, Salvador 62, Nabil 70)
- Group H (Rades, Tunisia): Tunisia 3 (Mastouri 5, Sassi 66, Saad 90+4) – Liberia 0
- Group I (N’Djamena): Chad 1 (Ecua 89) – Ghana 1 (Ayew 17)
- Group I (Casablanca): Madagascar 2 (Caddy 45+2, Randrianantenaina 59) – Central African Republic 0
- Group I (Berkane, Morocco): Mali 3 (Nene 28, Doumbia 70-pen, Coulibaly 76) – Comoros 0
Sao Tome, Madagascar, and Mali hosted home games at neutral venues due to stadium compliance issues.