World Cup qualifications - Africa

Competitions QualificationWorld Cup qualifier

Competition summary

Tournaments held

Total participating teams

Total games played

1 478

First

1934

Latest

2026

Type of competition

Qualification

Geographical area

Global

K coefficient
Competition weight in Elo ratings

Qualifying successfully
Automatic qualifications for hosts
and titles holders are ignored

Cameroon	8 qualifications
Morocco	6 qualifications
Nigeria	6 qualifications
Tunisia	6 qualifications
Algeria	4 qualifications
Ghana	4 qualifications
Egypt	3 qualifications
Ivory Coast	3 qualifications
Senegal	3 qualifications
South Africa	2 qualifications
Angola	1 qualification
Dem. Rep. of Congo	1 qualification
Togo	1 qualification

World Cup finals

All-time table of the World Cup qualifiers

Qualifications by confederations

Tournaments

Qualifications by confederations

Tournaments

Tournaments details

Results Participating teams Statistics Graphics

Elo before

Elo after

Tournament	Opening	Closing	Qualified teams
1934
1934	June 11th, 1933	May 24th, 1934	Egypt Elo: 1700 - 20th Elo: 1715 - 18th
1938
1938	June 16th, 1937	May 1st, 1938
1950
1950	June 2nd, 1949	April 15th, 1950
1954
1954	May 9th, 1953	April 4th, 1954
1958
1958	September 30th, 1956	February 5th, 1958
1962
1962	August 21st, 1960	December 16th, 1961
1966
1966	May 24th, 1964	December 29th, 1965
1970
1970	00 th, 0000	December 14th, 1969	Morocco Elo: 1670 - 34th Elo: 1659 - 34th
1974
1974	November 14th, 1971	February 13th, 1974	Zaire Elo: 1659 - 39th Elo: 1760 - 28th
1978
1978	March 7th, 1976	December 11th, 1977	Tunisia Elo: 1633 - 42nd Elo: 1713 - 32nd
1982
1982	March 26th, 1980	January 10th, 1982	Algeria Elo: 1669 - 38th Elo: 1676 - 37th Cameroon Elo: 1569 - 56th Elo: 1618 - 45th
1986
1986	May 2nd, 1984	December 4th, 1985	Algeria Elo: 1695 - 32nd Elo: 1699 - 34th Morocco Elo: 1627 - 41st Elo: 1695 - 35th
1990
1990	April 17th, 1988	November 19th, 1989	Cameroon Elo: 1674 - 38th Elo: 1711 - 33rd Egypt Elo: 1674 - 37th Elo: 1712 - 32nd
1994
1994	March 21st, 1992	November 17th, 1993	Cameroon Elo: 1659 - 41st Elo: 1649 - 43rd Morocco Elo: 1572 - 62nd Elo: 1672 - 35th Nigeria Elo: 1638 - 48th Elo: 1705 - 32nd
1998
1998	March 10th, 1996	November 29th, 1997	Cameroon Elo: 1561 - 63rd Elo: 1586 - 60th Morocco Elo: 1631 - 48th Elo: 1745 - 26th Nigeria Elo: 1792 - 23rd Elo: 1715 - 32nd South Africa Elo: 1739 - 29th Elo: 1734 - 29th Tunisia Elo: 1616 - 50th Elo: 1682 - 40th
2002
2002	March 4th, 2000	November 25th, 2001	Cameroon Elo: 1678 - 44th Elo: 1712 - 34th Nigeria Elo: 1750 - 25th Elo: 1719 - 35th Senegal Elo: 1530 - 71st Elo: 1564 - 64th South Africa Elo: 1678 - 43rd Elo: 1663 - 49th Tunisia Elo: 1634 - 52nd Elo: 1679 - 43rd
2006
2006	September 6th, 2003	November 16th, 2005	Angola Elo: 1492 - 81st Elo: 1549 - 69th Ghana Elo: 1445 - 95th Elo: 1581 - 63rd Ivory Coast Elo: 1614 - 55th Elo: 1676 - 47th Togo Elo: 1462 - 91st Elo: 1608 - 58th Tunisia Elo: 1672 - 45th Elo: 1709 - 39th
2010
2010	October 8th, 2007	November 18th, 2009	Algeria Elo: 1407 - 106th Elo: 1584 - 63rd Cameroon Elo: 1769 - 29th Elo: 1774 - 26th Ghana Elo: 1782 - 27th Elo: 1691 - 42nd Ivory Coast Elo: 1729 - 38th Elo: 1755 - 31st Nigeria Elo: 1715 - 40th Elo: 1749 - 35th
2014
2014	June 15th, 2011	November 20th, 2013	Algeria Elo: 1506 - 87th Elo: 1586 - 61st Cameroon Elo: 1657 - 46th Elo: 1594 - 59th Ghana Elo: 1698 - 39th Elo: 1704 - 38th Ivory Coast Elo: 1807 - 18th Elo: 1779 - 23rd Nigeria Elo: 1643 - 51st Elo: 1724 - 30th
2018
2018	March 12th, 2015	November 15th, 2017	Egypt Elo: 1653 - 46th Elo: 1658 - 50th Morocco Elo: 1548 - 72nd Elo: 1691 - 45th Nigeria Elo: 1647 - 49th Elo: 1673 - 45th Senegal Elo: 1655 - 47th Elo: 1751 - 26th Tunisia Elo: 1535 - 75th Elo: 1623 - 54th
Tournament	Opening	Closing	Qualified teams
2022
2022	June 6th, 2019	June 14th, 2022	Cameroon Elo: 1567 - 67th Elo: 1631 - 56th Ghana Elo: 1601 - 59th Elo: 1540 - 74th Morocco Elo: 1683 - 42nd Elo: 1738 - 33rd Senegal Elo: 1686 - 42nd Elo: 1729 - 35th Tunisia Elo: 1640 - 50th Elo: 1612 - 59th
2026
2026	October 15th, 2023	November 18th, 2025

Elo before

Elo after

Tournament	Participating teams
1934
1934
1938
1938
1950
1950
1954
1954
1958
1958
1962
1962
1966
1966
1970
1970
1974
1974
1978
1978
1982
1982
1986
1986
1990
1990
1994
1994
1998
1998
2002
2002
2006
2006
2010
2010
2014
2014
2018
2018
Tournament	Participating teams
2022
2022
2026
2026

Tournament	Participating teams	Games played	Total goals	Average goals	Lowest Elo	Highest Elo	Average Elo
1934
1934	1	1	7	6.50	1705	1715	1710
1938
1938
1950
1950
1954
1954	1	1	5	4.50	1566	1573	1570
1958
1958	1	1	2	1.50	1630	1642	1636
1962
1962	4	8	21	2.63	1504	1784	1655
1966
1966
1970
1970	11	24	69	2.88	1472	1697	1608
1974
1974	22	45	118	2.62	1199	1760	1570
1978
1978	22	45	119	2.64	967	1773	1552
1982
1982	26	46	106	2.30	1139	1727	1509
1986
1986	26	48	103	2.15	1258	1726	1543
1990
1990	21	57	103	1.81	1316	1712	1544
1994
1994	30	84	201	2.39	1050	1725	1492
1998
1998	36	91	229	2.52	1083	1795	1483
2002
2002	50	146	380	2.60	891	1752	1451
2006
2006	50	190	506	2.66	1035	1828	1453
2010
2010	50	202	505	2.50	798	1816	1432
2014
2014	51	152	389	2.56	795	1819	1426
2018
2018	53	127	309	2.43	775	1751	1449
Tournament	Participating teams	Games played	Total goals	Average goals	Lowest Elo	Highest Elo	Average Elo
2022
2022	54	158	361	2.28	835	1769	1409
2026
2026	53	52	122	2.35	855	1847	1373

Elo ratings of participating teams

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Average Elo

Maximum Elo

Average goals scored during tournaments

Average goals

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