By Ben Musanje
14th July 2023
Uganda’s National team, the Cranes have been handed Algeria in their path to the 2026 tournament after the draw for the African qualifiers in Abidjan on Thursday.
This 23rd edition of the World Cup tournament will have 48 participating countries instead of the conventional 32. This means that African teams as well as teams from the other confederations will secure more spots for the tournament which will be jointly hosted by Canada, the United States of America and Mexico.
After getting assured of an increase in the number of African countries in the world cup, the Confederation of African Football-CAF altered the previous qualifying procedure at its Executive Committee meeting in Algiers.
Now, 54 countries were seeded in six pots before being randomly placed in nine groups, each with six teams.
Group G; has got; Mozambique, Somalia, Uganda, Botswana, Guinea, and Algeria.
The top team in each of the nine groups, each with six countries, qualifies automatically for the World Cup.
The four best runners-up will enter an African playoff stage, where the winners will feature in the inter-confederation playoffs to be held in March 2026.
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