13 July 2023 | Football

Uganda Cranes will face Algeria in the qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup as per the draw held on Thursday.

The Cranes were placed in Group G which also houses Guinea, Mozambique, Botswana and Somalia.

The winner of the Group after playing in a home and away, round-robin, format will qualify directly for the FIFA World Cup which will be hosted in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The four best second-placed teams across the nine African Qualifying groups will have a chance to compete in a play-off.

It should be noted that Algeria is in the same qualifying group in the ongoing AFCON Qualifiers (Group F) as Uganda and the North Africans have won both ties, 2-0 in Algiers and 2-1 in Cameroon.

When will the matches be played?

Matches will take place over ten matchdays during the next two years starting November this year. Below are the windows during which the qualifying matches will be played.

• 13-21 November 2023
• 3-11 June 2024
• 17-25 March 2025
• 1-9 September 2025
• 6-14 October 2025
• 10-18 November 2025 (Playoffs)

The Qualifying Groups (Africa)

• Group A – Egypt, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Djibouti
• Group B – Senegal, Congo DR, Mauritania, Togo, Sudan, South Sudan
• Group C – Nigeria, South Africa, Benin, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Lesotho
• Group D – Cameroon, Cape Verde, Angola, Libya, Eswatini, Mauritius
• Group E – Morocco, Zambia, Congo, Tanzania, Niger, Eritrea
• Group F – Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Kenya, The Gambia, Burundi, Seychelles
• Group G – Algeria, Guinea, Uganda, Mozambique, Botswana, Somalia
• Group H – Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Namibia, Malawi, Liberia, São Tomé and Príncipe
• Group I – Mali, Ghana, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Comoros, Chad

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