The Guinea-Bissau national team is chasing its counterpart, the Egyptian national team, after it succeeded in snatching runner-up in Group A and achieving the first victory over its counterpart, the Djibouti national team, with a goal to none, in the match that brought them together at Al-Salam Stadium in Cairo, within the framework of the second round of the first group of the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, which… It will take place in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
Guinea Bissau vs Djibouti
The Guinea-Bissau national team took second place in the first group of African qualifiers for the World Cup, with 4 points, only two points behind the leading Egyptian national team.
Guinea-Bissau’s only goal was scored by Mauro Rodriguez in the 39th minute of the first half of the match.
Guinea-Bissau’s national team tied in the first round of qualifiers against Burkina Faso’s national team, with a goal each.
Guinea-Bissau is chasing the Pharaohs for the lead
The Guinea-Bissau national team is chasing its counterpart, the Egyptian national team, at the top of the standings of the first group of the qualifiers, as it succeeded in snatching second place with 4 points, succeeding the Egyptian national team that leads with 6 points after the Pharaohs’ victory in the first and second round matches, over both Djibouti and Sierra Leone.
Victory in the first two rounds is considered an “amulet” for the team’s luck in advancing to the World Cup, as the Pharaohs succeeded in qualifying for the World Cup when they achieved victory in the first two matches in two previous times, in the 2018 World Cup and the 1990 World Cup.
Egypt group ranking
Meanwhile, three teams have one point, as Burkina Faso is tied with Ethiopia and Sierra Leone in places from third to fifth, respectively.
While the Djibouti national team is at the bottom of the first group without any points after losing in two matches against Egypt and Guinea Bissau.
Egypt group matches
The Burkina Faso national team will meet Ethiopia at 3 pm today, Tuesday, at the municipal stadium in El Jadida in Morocco, as part of the second round of the first group in the tournament. Africa qualifiers Qualified for the 2026 World Cup.
Both teams are looking for their first victory in the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, scheduled to be held in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico, after each of them tied in the opening round of the African continent’s qualifiers.
A positive 1-1 draw decided the Burkina Faso national team’s confrontation with its Guinea Bissau counterpart, which was held between them last Friday evening, as part of the first round of the first group of African qualifiers for the World Cup.
In a tie Ethiopia national teamwithout goals, with his counterpart, the Sierra Leone national team, in the meeting that brought them together recently at the “Bin Ahmed Al-Abdi” stadium in Morocco, in the first round competitions in the first group, in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
2026 World Cup qualifiers
It is scheduled that 9 teams will qualify directly for the 2026 World Cup, after the number of teams was increased in the new tournament system, which will include 48 teams instead of 32 in previous editions of the World Cup..
From the qualifiers, 9 teams will qualify directly to the World Cup, and they are the leaders in all groups, provided that 4 teams with the best seconds in all groups will qualify for the playoff, where two teams will face off in the semi-finals and then the final, so that an additional team from the African continent qualifies for the global playoff, in addition to The 9 teams that qualify directly for the 2026 World Cup.
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