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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
When the Black Stars host Madagascar, the Barea, on November 13 and November 21, they will kick off their qualifying matches.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The four best group runners-up will then compete in a play-off stage to determine CAF\u2019s representative at the FIFA playoff tournament.<\/p>\n
The FIFA play-off tournament will feature one team from each of FIFA\u2019s six confederations, except UEFA, plus one additional team from the host confederation (Concacaf).<\/p>\n
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