Kenya’s Harambee Stars have been placed in Pot 3 ahead of the final draw for the African zone of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
According to the drawing board released by the world governing body Fifa on Monday, Kenya under coach Engin Firat, found themselves in the same pot alongside neighbours Uganda, Angola, Benin, Mauritania, Congo, Madagascar, Guinea Bissau, and Namibia.
Meanwhile, Rwanda’s Amavubi have been placed in Pot 5 alongside Burundi, Comoros, Niger, Botswana, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eswatini, and Liberia while Tanzania are in Pot 4 with Mozambique, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, Malawi, and Libya.
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Two countries from the same Pot cannot be in the same Group for the final qualifiers as there will be one team from each of the pots to form a group. The final draw for the Group stages of the Caf region for the 2026 World Cup will be held in Zurich on July 12.
The qualifiers will start in November 2023 and it will span within a two-year period.
Below are the Africa Zone’s full drawing pots: Pot 1: Nigeria, Morocco, Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, Cameroon, Mali, Egypt, Ivory Coast.
Pot 2: Ghana, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Cape Verde, DR Congo, Guinea, Zambia, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea.
Pot 3: Angola, Benin, Kenya, Mauritania, Congo, Uganda, Madagascar, Guinea Bissau, Namibia.
Pot 4: Mozambique, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, Malawi, Libya.
Pot 5: Niger, Comoros, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Botswana, Liberia.
Pot 6: Lesotho, South Sudan, Mauritius, Chad, Sao Tome, Djibouti, Seychelles, Eritrea, Somalia.