Four into One: How Africa’s World Cup Play-offs Will Decide the Final Contender 

Four contenders will be reduced to one in African play-offs for the 2026 Fifa World Cup over this international window.

After missing out on the continent's nine automatic qualification spots, Cameroon, DR Congo, Gabon and Nigeria travel to Morocco for a winner-takes-all mini-tournament.

But, depending on their world ranking, the victorious nation faces one or two more matches in order to reach next year's tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States.