The 2026 World Cup Africa Qualifiers entered the final sprint, with two rounds left in the group stage. Egypt, ranked first in the group, will play away against Djibouti, which is ranked 193 in the weak team tomorrow at 0:00.
Egypt can ensure qualifying as long as it scores three points in the last two rounds and goes straight to the US, Canada and Mexico World Cup. In terms of lineup, Salah led the way, Trezeguet was in the ranking, and Malmush missed the national team training camp due to a knee injury. Salah has contributed 7 goals and 3 assists in 8 games of this World Cup qualifiers.
In the last two World Cups, Egypt performed poorly in 2018, and was eliminated at the bottom of the three group matches; Egypt was absent in the 2022 World Cup, and the team lost to Senegal in the third round of the qualifiers.
2026 US, Canada and Mexico World Cup, there are 9 places in the African region to participate in the World Cup, plus 1 place to participate in the cross-continental play-offs. Morocco and Tunisia advanced ahead of schedule last month. According to the qualifying rules, the first in 9 groups will directly advance, and the four best-achieved groups will advance to the next round of the play-offs, and a place in the cross-continental play-offs will be decided.
