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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 potentially compete in the second round to advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	4	3	1	0	11	2	+9	10	2026 FIFA World Cup		—	Oct	2–1	Mar	Sep	6–0
2	Guinea-Bissau	4	1	3	0	3	2	+1	6	Possible second round		1–1	—	Mar	Sep	0–0	Sep
3	Burkina Faso	4	1	2	1	7	5	+2	5			Sep	1–1	—	2–2	Oct	Mar
4	Sierra Leone	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5			0–2	Mar	Oct	—	Sep	2–1
5	Ethiopia	4	0	3	1	1	4	−3	3			Mar	Oct	0–3	0–0	—	Mar
6	Djibouti	4	0	1	3	2	10	−8	1			Oct	0–1	Sep	Oct	1–1	—

Matches

Ethiopia	0–0	Sierra Leone
	Report

Egypt	6–0	Djibouti
Salah 17', 22' (pen.), 48', 69' Mohamed 73' Trézéguet 89'	Report

Burkina Faso	1–1	Guinea-Bissau
B. Traoré 61'	Report	Baldé 20'

Sierra Leone	0–2	Egypt
	Report	Trézéguet 18', 62'

Djibouti	0–1	Guinea-Bissau
	Report	Rodrigues 39'

Ethiopia	0–3	Burkina Faso
	Report	Touré 69' B. Traoré 78' (pen.) Da. Ouattara 90'

Sierra Leone	2–1	Djibouti
Davies 12' Kargbo 51'	Report	Dadzie 35' (pen.)

Egypt	2–1	Burkina Faso
Trézéguet 3', 8'	Report	L. Traoré 57'

Guinea-Bissau	0–0	Ethiopia
	Report

Djibouti	1–1	Ethiopia
Dadzie 29'	Report	Wondimu 31'

Guinea-Bissau	1–1	Egypt
Baldé 42'	Report	Salah 70'

Burkina Faso	2–2	Sierra Leone
Ouattara 41' L. Traoré 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Kargbo 58' Bakayoko 88'

Burkina Faso	v	Djibouti

Sierra Leone	v	Guinea-Bissau

Ethiopia	v	Egypt

Guinea-Bissau	v	Burkina Faso

Egypt	v	Sierra Leone

Ethiopia	v	Djibouti

Guinea-Bissau	v	Sierra Leone

Djibouti	v	Burkina Faso

Egypt	v	Ethiopia

Burkina Faso	v	Egypt

Guinea-Bissau	v	Djibouti

Sierra Leone	v	Ethiopia

Djibouti	v	Egypt

Sierra Leone	v	Burkina Faso

Ethiopia	v	Guinea-Bissau

Burkina Faso	v	Ethiopia

Djibouti	v	Sierra Leone

Egypt	v	Guinea-Bissau

Goalscorers

There have been 28 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match (as of 10 June 2024).

5 goals

• Mohamed Salah
• Trézéguet

2 goals

• Dango Ouattara
• Bertrand Traoré
• Lassina Traoré
• Gabriel Dadzie
• Mama Baldé
• Augustus Kargbo

1 goal

• Blati Touré
• Mostafa Mohamed
• Minyelu Wondimu
• Mauro Rodrigues
• Amadou Bakayoko
• Curtis Davies

References

1. "CAF Executive Committee approves FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers calendar and announces TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Côte d'Ivoire 2023 Final Draw date". CAF Online. CAF. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
2. "CAF reveals new format for 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers". CAF Online. CAF. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

• 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)