African play-off matchups confirmed: Nigeria vs Gabon, Cameroon vs Democratic Congo

 8:43am, 15 October 2025

The World Cup African Qualifying Group Stage has ended. Gabon, Democratic Congo, Cameroon and Nigeria have become the second best of the four groups and will compete for a play-off spot.

African World Cup preliminaries play-off matches:

Semi-finals:

Nigeria vs Gabon

Cameroon vs Democratic Congo

The play-offs will be held in Morocco next month. The semi-finals and finals are both single-round.

Since there are only 5 teams in Group E, when comparing the second-place results of the group, the second-place teams in other groups and the last-place results of their group are not included.