Amoura Beats Salah: Top Scorers of Africa’s 2026 World Cup Qualifiers

The curtain's officially fallen on the CAF World Cup qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with 9 nation securing their spots at next summer’s global showpiece in Canada, Mexico and U.S.

After intense campaign that stretched over a year, the following teams have sealed direct qualification:

• Egypt
• Morocco
• Tunisia
• Algeria
• Ghana
• Cape Verde
• South Africa
• Cote d’Ivoire
• Senegal

The 9 group winner booked their places directly while the 4 best runner up (Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo, Gabon) will fight for one final spot in the CAF playoff tournament in Morocco this November.

Top Scorers: Amoura Beats Salah to the Golden Boot

While collective glory went to the continent’s biggest teams, the individual spotlight fell on Mohamed El Amine Amoura.

The Algerian striker finished as top scorer of the African qualifiers with 10 goal powering his nation back to the World Cup stage.

Just behind him was Mohamed Salah who netted 9 goal despite missing Egypt’s final match against Guinea Bissau.

Here’s the final top 10:

1. Mohamed El Amine Amoura (Algeria): 10 goal
2. Mohamed Salah (Egypt): 9 goal
3. Denis Bouanga (Gabon): 8 goals
4. Dumbia (Mali): 8 goal
5. Jordan Ayew (Ghana): 7 goal
6. Pierre Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon): 7 goal
7. Victor Osimhen (Nigeria): 6 goal
8. Musa Barrow (Gambia): 6 goal
9. Michael Olunga (Kenya): 6 goal
10. Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet (Egypt): 5 goal

What’s next?

Africa’s focus now shifts to the CAF playoff on 13 & 16 Nov in Morocco where one final team will compete for place in the intercontinental playoff and potential 10th African spot at the 2026 World Cup.

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Khaled Hegazy |

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