2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group F

The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Group F is a CAF qualifying group for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The group contains Ivory Coast, Gabon, Kenya, Gambia, Burundi and Seychelles.

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.{{cite news |date=19 May 2023 |title=CAF Executive Committee approves FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifiers calendar and announces TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Côte d'Ivoire 2023 Final Draw date |url=https://www.cafonline.com/press-release/news/caf-executive-committee-approves-fifa-world-cup-2026-qualifiers-calendar-and-ann |access-date=15 July 2023 |website=CAF Online |publisher=CAF}}{{cite news |date=19 May 2023 |title=CAF reveals new format for 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers |url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/caf-reveals-new-format-for-2026-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers |access-date=15 July 2023 |website=CAF Online |publisher=CAF}}

Standings

{{2026 FIFA World Cup qualification - CAF group tables|Group F|show_matches=y}}

Matches

{{Football box

|id = BDI v GAM

|date = {{Start date|2023|11|16|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|16:00|3}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BDI}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fb|GAM}}

|goals1 =

Bigirimana {{goal|31}}
Nsabiyumva {{goal|35}}
Abdallah {{goal|75}}

|goals2 =

Barrow {{goal|45+4}}
E. Colley {{goal|90+8|pen.}}

|stadium = National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

|attendance =

|referee = Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400017610 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407545 Report (CAF)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = GAB v KEN

|date = {{Start date|2023|11|16|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|17:00|1}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GAB}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fb|KEN}}

|goals1 =

Bouanga {{goal|60}}
Kanga {{goal|88}}

|goals2 =

Juma {{goal|40}}

|stadium = Stade de Franceville, Franceville

|attendance =

|referee = Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400017607 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407543 Report (CAF)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = CIV v SEY

|date = {{Start date|2023|11|17|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:00|0}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}

|score = 9–0

|team2 = {{fb|SEY}}

|goals1 =

Haller {{goal|20|pen.}}
Sangaré {{goal|24}}
Adingra {{goal|36}}
Konaté {{goal|40|pen.|90+5}}
S. Fofana {{goal|60}}
Traorè {{goal|77||90+4}}
Krasso {{goal|84|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan

|attendance = 23,204

|referee = Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400017608 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407544 Report (CAF)]

}}

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{{Football box

|id = BDI v GAB

|date = {{Start date|2023|11|19|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|16:00|3}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BDI}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fb|GAB}}

|goals1 =

Bigirimana {{goal|87}}

|goals2 =

Allevinah {{goal|35}}
Bouanga {{goal|83}}

|stadium = National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

|attendance =

|referee = Issa Sy (Senegal)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400017609 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407548 Report (CAF)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = GAM v CIV

|date = {{Start date|2023|11|20|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:00|3}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GAM}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fb|CIV}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Kouamé {{goal|45}}
S. Fofana {{goal|85}}

|stadium = National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

|attendance =

|referee = Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400017606 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407547 Report (CAF)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = SEY v KEN

|date = {{Start date|2023|11|20|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:00|0}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SEY}}

|score = 0–5

|team2 = {{fb|KEN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Olunga {{goal|3||6}}
Juma {{goal|45+3}}
Onyango {{goal|62}}
Omala {{goal|73}}

|stadium = Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

|attendance = 404

|referee = Younoussa Camara (Guinea)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400017611 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407546 Report (CAF)]

}}

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{{Football box

|id = KEN v BDI

|date = {{Start date|2024|6|7|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|2}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KEN}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|BDI}}

|goals1 =

Abuya {{goal|72}}

|goals2 =

Abdallah {{goal|85}}

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe (Malawi)

|attendance =

|referee = Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400018193 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407550 Report (CAF)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = CIV v GAB

|date = {{Start date|2024|6|7|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:00|0}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|GAB}}

|goals1 =

S. Fofana {{goal|36}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium, Korhogo

|attendance = 17,522

|referee = Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400018195 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407551 Report (CAF)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = GAM v SEY

|date = {{Start date|2024|6|8|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|17:00|1}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GAM}}

|score = 5–1

|team2 = {{fb|SEY}}

|goals1 =

Badamosi {{goal|10||66}}
Barrow {{goal|52|pen.}}
Minteh {{goal|55}}
Sidibeh {{goal|78}}

|goals2 =

Henriette {{goal|14}}

|stadium = Berkane Municipal Stadium, Berkane (Morocco)

|attendance = 700

|referee = Joseph Odey Ogabor (Nigeria)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400018191 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407549 Report (CAF)]

}}

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{{Football box

|id = GAB v GAM

|date = {{Start date|2024|6|11|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|1}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GAB}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fb|GAM}}

|goals1 =

Allevinah {{goal|52}}
Aubameyang {{goal|70}}
Bouanga {{goal|71}}

|goals2 =

Minteh {{goal|33}}
Adams {{goal|76}}

|stadium = Stade de Franceville, Franceville

|attendance =

|referee = Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400018190 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407552 Report (CAF)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = KEN v CIV

|date = {{Start date|2024|6|11|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|2}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KEN}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fb|CIV}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe (Malawi)

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400018194 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407553 Report (CAF)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = SEY v BDI

|date = {{Start date|2024|6|11|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|1}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SEY}}

|score = 1–3

|team2 = {{fb|BDI}}

|goals1 =

Hoareau {{goal|78}}

|goals2 =

Abdallah {{goal|34}}
Kanakimana {{goal|62||69}}

|stadium = Berkane Municipal Stadium, Berkane (Morocco)

|attendance =

|referee = Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400018192 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407554 Report (CAF)]

}}

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{{Football box

|id = GAB v SEY

|date = {{Start date|2025|3|20|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|1}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GAB}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fb|SEY}}

|goals1 =

Allevinah {{goal|3}}
Bouanga {{goal|30||63}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade de Franceville, Franceville

|attendance =

|referee = Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400019693 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407555 Report (CAF)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = GAM v KEN

|date = {{Start date|2025|3|20|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:00|0}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GAM}}

|score = 3–3

|team2 = {{fb|KEN}}

|goals1 =

Barrow {{goal|55||84}}
Minteh {{goal|61}}

|goals2 =

Olunga {{goal|69|pen.}}
Bajaber {{goal|75}}
Wilson {{goal|90+6}}

|stadium = Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

|attendance =

|referee = Abdou Abdel Mefire (Cameroon)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400019694 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407556 Report (CAF)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = BDI v CIV

|date = {{Start date|2025|3|21|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|1}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BDI}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fb|CIV}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

Guessand {{goal|16}}

|stadium = Honneur Stadium, Meknes (Morocco)

|attendance = 1,500

|referee = Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400019697 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407557 Report (CAF)]

}}

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{{Football box

|id = KEN v GAB

|date = {{Start date|2025|3|23|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|16:00|3}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KEN}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fb|GAB}}

|goals1 =

Olunga {{goal|62}}

|goals2 =

Aubameyang {{goal|16||52|pen.}}

|stadium = Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi

|attendance =

|referee = Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400019696 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407558 Report (CAF)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = CIV v GAM

|date = {{Start date|2025|3|24|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:00|0}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CIV}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|GAM}}

|goals1 =

Haller {{goal|15}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan

|attendance = 19,471

|referee = Ring Nyier Akech Malong (South Sudan)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400019695 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407559 Report (CAF)]

}}

{{Football box

|id = BDI v SEY

|date = {{Start date|2025|3|25|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|1}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BDI}}

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{fb|SEY}}

|goals1 =

Nduwarugira {{goal|22}}
Bimenyimana {{goal|24||31}}
Kanakimana {{goal|50}}
Girumugisha {{goal|56}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Honneur Stadium, Meknes (Morocco)

|attendance =

|referee = Youcef Gamouh (Algeria)

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400019698 Report (FIFA)]
[https://www.cafonline.com/fifa-world-cup/match-centre?competition=340&season=112026&match=2407560 Report (CAF)]

}}

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|id = KEN v GAM

|date = {{Start date|2025|9||df=y}}

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Goalscorers

{{#invoke:Goalscorers|main|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|round=group|group=F|bold=no}}

References

Category:2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)