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African 2026 World Cup matchday nine and 10 qualifying fixtures from Wednesday (times GMT):
Matchday nine
Wednesday
Group A – Ethiopia v Guinea-Bissau (1300), Djibouti v Egypt, Sierra Leone v Burkina Faso (both 1600); Group D – Mauritius v Cameroon, Libya v Cape Verde, Eswatini v Angola (all 1300); Group E – Niger v Congo Brazzaville, Tanzania v Zambia (both 1900); Group I – Chad v Mali, Central African Republic v Ghana, Comoros v Madagascar (all 1600)
Thursday
Group F – Burundi v Kenya (1300); Group G – Somalia v Algeria, Mozambique v Guinea, Botswana v Uganda (all 1600); Group H – Malawi v Equatorial Guinea, Liberia v Namibia (both 1600)
Friday
Group B – South Sudan v Senegal (1200), Togo v Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan v Mauritania (both 1300); Group C – Rwanda v Benin, Lesotho v Nigeria, Zimbabwe v South Africa (all 1600); Group F – Seychelles v Ivory Coast, Gambia v Gabon (both 1300); Group H – Sao Tome e Principe v Tunisia (1600)
Matchday ten
Sunday
Group A – Burkina Faso v Ethiopia, Djibouti v Sierra Leone, Egypt v Guinea-Bissau (all 1900); Group E – Zambia v Niger (1300); Group I – Chad v Central African Republic (1600), Ghana v Comoros, Mali v Madagascar (both 1900)
Monday
Group B – South Sudan v Togo (1200), DR Congo v Sudan, Senegal v Mauritania (both 1900); Group C – Lesotho v Zimbabwe (1600); Group D – Cape Verde v Eswatini, Cameroon v Angola, Mauritius v Libya (all 1600); Group H – Equatorial Guinea v Liberia, Sao Tome v Malawi, Tunisia v Namibia (all 1300)
Tuesday
Group C – South Africa v Rwanda, Nigeria v Benin (both 1600); Group E – Morocco v Congo (1900); Group F – Seychelles v Gambia (1300), Gabon v Burundi, Ivory Coast v Kenya (both 1900); Group G – Guinea v Botswana, Somalia v Mozambique, Algeria v Uganda (all 1600).
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