Ghana’s 2026 FIFA WC Draw Expectations : World governing body of football FIFA has released the pots for the African qualifying draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be co-hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

The draw, scheduled to take place on July 12, will determine the groups for the qualifying campaign leading up to the 2026 tournament.

This means Ghana could potentially come up against tough opponents such as Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Cameroon, Mali, and Ivory Coast.

The qualifying draw will see the countries placed into nine groups of six teams each. The group winners will earn direct qualification to the 2026 World Cup. However, the four best second-placed teams will compete in a mini-tournament, with the winner advancing to an intercontinental playoff.

The CAF Executive Committee announced that the Official Draw will be held on 12 July 2023 in Cotonou, Benin.

All 54 FIFA-affiliated football associations from CAF have entered qualification, though Zimbabwe were under suspension for government interference since 24 February 2022, and their participation status is unknown as of 21 May 2023.

The draw pots were announced on 30 June and are as follows (numbers in parentheses indicate FIFA Men’s World Ranking at the time of the draw):

Below are the 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

What will be a favorable draw for the Black Stars ?

Ghana , Mali , Mauritania ,  Gambia , Rwanda and Lesotho

Toughest draw for Ghana?

Ghana , Senegal , Guinea Bissau , Sierra Leone , Comoros , Lesotho.