🏆 Spain are world champions after beating Argentina 1-0 to win the 2026 World Cup. African side and debutants Cape Verde are the only nation to have faced Spain without conceding a goal during the tournament. 🇨🇻

🏆 2026 World Cup final: Spain 🇪🇸 vs 🇦🇷 Argentina ✅ Cape Verde vs Spain after 90 mins: 0-0 ✅ Cape Verde vs Argentina after 90 mins: 1-1 The African debutants are the only team to have faced the two finalists without defeat after 90 minutes in this tournament.

🇲🇦 ELIMINATED: Morocco bow out of 2026 World Cup after 2-0 loss to France in quarterfinal fixture. The Atlas Lions are the last African nation to exit the tournament, similarly as they were in 2022.

🇲🇦 BLOW: Morocco are set to be without the injured Ismael Saibari for their 2026 World Cup quarterfinal clash with France. With three goals so far, the striker is halfway through in the chase for Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan’s record as Africa’s all-time World Cup top scorer.

🇪🇬 ELIMINATED: Egypt out of 2026 World Cup after Argentina snatch 3-2 comeback win in Round of 16 clash. It is Lionel Messi’s side’s third 3-2 win scoreline in their last five fixtures against African opponents at the World Cup after games vs Cape Verde (2026) & Nigeria (2014).

🇨🇻 DID YOU KNOW: Cape Verde defender Diney Borges sits second on the table of most clearances made per game (9.8) at the 2026 World Cup? His extra-time own goal, however, handed Lionel Messi’s Argentina a 3-2 win in their Round of 32 clash.

🇲🇦 QUALIFIED: Morocco thrash hosts Canada 3-0 to progress to the 2026 Word Cup quarterfinals. It is the first time an African nation has reached the World Cup quarterfinals in successive editions of the tournament following the Atlas Lions’ 2022 World Cup exploits.

🇬🇭 ELIMINATED: Ghana lose 1-0 to Colombia and bow out of 2026 World Cup in Round of 32. Morocco and Egypt remain Africa’s only surviving representatives in the tournament going into the Round of 16.

🇨🇻 OUT: Cape Verde knocked out of 2026 World Cup after 3-2 loss to Argentina in Round of 32 fixture. The Blue Sharks are only the second African nation to score two goals against Lionel Messi’s side in World Cup history after Nigeria in a 3-2 defeat at the 2014 World Cup.

🇪🇬 QUALIFIED: Egypt beat Australia 4-2 on penalties after 1-1 draw to advance to the 2026 World Cup Round of 16. It is the first time the Pharaohs have gone this far in World Cup history.

🇨🇻 ALERT: Did you know ever since a 1-0 loss to Cameroon in their first ever World Cup game vs African opposition in 1990, Argentina have won all World Cup matches vs African nations? FIVE of the eight games played have been vs Nigeria. Lionel Messi’s side now face Cape Verde.

🇬🇭 GHANA: Did you know ever since a 2-1 loss to Cameroon in their first ever World Cup game against African opposition, Colombia have beaten every African nation (Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, DR. Congo) they have faced at the Word Cup? Black Stars to break a streak?

🇸🇳 OUT: Senegal knocked out of 2026 World Cup following 3-2 loss to Belgium in Round of 32. Ismaila Sarr was on target for the Teranga Lions, moving just one goal shy of Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan (6 goals) on the list of Africa’s all-time top scorers in World Cup history.

🇨🇩 ELIMINATED: DR Congo out of 2026 World Cup following 2-1 defeat to a Harry Kane-inspired England in Round of 32 tie. England has lost only one time to African opposition in football history, a 3-1 friendly defeat to Senegal in 2025.

🇨🇮 ELIMINATED: Côte d’Ivoire bow out of 2026 World Cup following 2-1 loss to Norway in the Round of 32. It was the West Africans’ first ever game in World Cup knockout stage history in four tournament appearances.

🇲🇦 UNSTOPPABLE: 2022 World Cup semifinalists Morocco through to 2026 World Cup Round of 16 following a penalty shootout win over the Netherlands. The fixture took Morocco clear of Cameroon at the top as the African nation with the most matches played in World Cup history (27).

🇬🇭 DID YOU KNOW? Ghana’s Marvin Senaya is the player with the most tackles (6.0 per game) at the 2026 World Cup The Black Stars right-back leads Paraguay duo Matias Galarza and Juan Caceres and France ace Aurelien Tchouameni in the top four in that order.

🇿🇦 OUT: South Africa becomes the first African nation to be eliminated in the Round of 32 at the World Cup following their 1-0 loss to Canada. Nonetheless, it remains Bafana’s best ever performance in World Cup history.

🌍 OFFICIAL: 9/10 of Africa’s representatives at the 2026 World Cup book knockout stage qualification, the most ever recorded by Africa in a single tournament. ✅ South Africa ✅ Morocco ✅ Côte d’Ivoire ✅ Cape Verde ✅ Egypt ✅ Ghana ✅ Senegal ✅ DR Congo🆕 ✅ Algeria🆕

🌍 OFFICIAL: Seven out of Africa’s 10 representatives at the 2026 World Cup have already booked knockout stage qualification, the most ever recorded by Africa in a single tournament. ✅ South Africa ✅ Morocco ✅ Côte d’Ivoire ✅ Cape Verde ✅ Egypt ✅ Ghana ✅ Senegal (🆕)