Ghana will lock horns with familiar foes Madagascar, Comoros and Central African Republic, Mali and Chad for a place in USA, Mexico, and Canada at the 2026 World Cup.
The draw was held earlier today in Abidjan during the 45th CAF General Assembly meeting.
The Black Stars have played these nations a number of times in recent times with Ghana being drawn in the same group as Madagascar and Central African Republic for a place at the AFcon next year.
Comoros incidentally knocked out Ghana in the first round of CAN 2021 in Cameroon and the Black Stars would be wary of that.
While Madagascar delayed Ghana’s qualification by holding them to a goalless draw in June, the Black Stars would be wrapping up their qualifiers against Central African Republic paving the way for the World Cup qualifiers. It is worth noting that, the same opponents denied Ghana a win in their second game of the AFCON qualifiers when they held the West Africans to a 1-1 draw.
From the nine groups of six, the winner of each group will gain automatic qualification to the World Cup while the four best runners-up from the groups will play a mini-play-off tournament.
The winner of the tournament will proceed to play in an intercontinental play-off and could become the 10th African team to qualify for the competition.
Ghana has appeared in four of the last five World Cups and hopes to make a fifth appearance.
Below is the official logo for the 2026 FIFA World Cup
