Full schedules have been released, and the Black Stars of Ghana will start their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches at home against Madagascar in November 2023.
The West African heavyweights Mali, Madagascar, Comoros, Central African Republic, and Chad were placed in Group I with the four-time defending champions of Africa.
When the Black Stars host Madagascar, the Barea, on November 13 and November 21, they will kick off their qualifying matches.
The second qualifying match will then take place in Comoros, with the next eight matches taking place in 2024 and 2025, over the same time period in November.
The Black Stars are seeking a fifth World Cup appearance after their maiden participation in 2006, 2010, 2014 and the last edition in Qatar last year.
The nine groups will play in a home and away, round-robin, format with each of the group winners qualifying automatically for the FIFA World Cup 26.
The four best group runners-up will then compete in a play-off stage to determine CAF’s representative at the FIFA playoff tournament.
The FIFA play-off tournament will feature one team from each of FIFA’s six confederations, except UEFA, plus one additional team from the host confederation (Concacaf).
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