2026 World Cup Africa Qualifiers: Full Friday Fixtures

The FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers continue to take centre stage this week as the clock clicks slowly towards kick off in the Summer of 2026.

Next year's World Cup will take place in the US, Canada and Mexico.

In the African leg of qualifiers, matches were played Wednesday and Thursday with amongst others, Kenya's Harambee Stars picking up a 3-3 draw versus Gambia in Cairo Wednesday night.

There will be 11 matches played on Friday as nations seek upward movement in their respective groups.

Friday 21 March (All matches Cairo Time)

15:00 Botswana vs. Algeria (Group G)

15:00 Equatorial Guinea vs. São Tomé e Príncipe (Group H)

18:00 Burkina Faso vs. Djibouti (Group A)

18:00 DR Congo vs. South Sudan (Group B)

18:00 South Africa vs. Lesotho (Group C)

18:00 Rwanda vs. Nigeria (Group C)

21:00 Burundi vs. Côte d'Ivoire (Group F)

21:00 Ghana vs. Chad (Group I)

23:00 Ethiopia vs. Egypt (Group A)

23:00 Guinea vs. Somalia (Group G)

23:30 Niger vs. Morocco (Group E)