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Tough World Cup draw for Zebras

Tough road ahead for zebras :PIC Kennedy Ramokone
Tough road ahead for zebras :PIC Kennedy Ramokone

Botswana has been handed a tough draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers as they were paired against Algeria, Guinea, Uganda, Mozambique and Somalia.

The draw was conducted in Abidjan this evening. Only the group winners proceed to the finals, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico while the four best placed teams from all the groups meet to determine the side that will participate in a continental play-off

The full draw: Somalia 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 Cabo 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

Editor's Comment
The people have spoken

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