Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete
No Mbappé ? He was all over the last 2 covers
TobiOT
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Good luck to DDG. There were times where he saved united's blushes. Hes only had a decent backline recently. Im surprised he doesnt have PTSD with all the balls he had to stop.
Hope he goes to a top team.
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CAF reveals new format for 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers | CAFOnline.com
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This new WCQ format is very good from CAF. Simple and straight forward. Gotta give them their kudos for this one.
54 member nations for 9 groups of 6. 10 games played and winner of each group goes to the WC.
The top 4 group runner-ups enter playoffs for the 1 intercontinental WC playoff spot allocated to CAF.
Jul 13th is the draw for WCQ groups. Starts at 3PM GMT/11am EST and can be watched on CAF online.
Not too many surprises in terms of seeding although Burkina Faso will definitely be the team everyone in Pot 1 wants to avoid.
At least no BS Cameroon vs CIV in the group stages like in the 2022 WCQ
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fifa-world-cup-2026tm-african-qualifiers-official-draw-on-13-july
The official Draw of the FIFA World Cup 2026™African Preliminaries Qualifiers will be conducted on Thursday, 13 July in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
www.cafonline.com
This new WCQ format is very good from CAF. Simple and straight forward. Gotta give them their kudos for this one.
54 member nations for 9 groups of 6. 10 games played and winner of each group goes to the WC.
The top 4 group runner-ups enter playoffs for the 1 intercontinental WC playoff spot allocated to CAF.
Jul 13th is the draw for WCQ groups. Starts at 3PM GMT/11am EST and can be watched on CAF online.
Not too many surprises in terms of seeding although Burkina Faso will definitely be the team everyone in Pot 1 wants to avoid.
At least no BS Cameroon vs CIV in the group stages like in the 2022 WCQ
Learn all about 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying in the CAF region and the seeds
panafricafootball.com
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Gold Cup is honestly a comp between USA and MX. Every now and then one of the bigger island nations (Panama, CR) might crack a final but IIRC, only Canada has won a gold cup outside of USA and Canada
AFCON, especially with how hard qualifying for WC historically had been for african nations, is a really really big tournament for CAF. Yaya touched on this during the last WC as well.
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This format will be great for development of weaker NTs in Africa that struggle to get regular friendlies and comp, outside of preliminary qualifiers. Guaranteed 10 matches for each country. Can’t wait for draw.CAF reveals new format for 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers | CAFOnline.com
fifa-world-cup-2026tm-african-qualifiers-official-draw-on-13-july
The official Draw of the FIFA World Cup 2026™African Preliminaries Qualifiers will be conducted on Thursday, 13 July in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
This new WCQ format is very good from CAF. Simple and straight forward. Gotta give them their kudos for this one.
54 member nations for 9 groups of 6. Winner of each group goes to the WC.
The top 4 group runner-ups enter playoffs for the 1 intercontinental WC playoff spot allocated to CAF.
Jul 13th is the draw for WCQ groups. Starts at 3PM GMT/11am EST and can be watched on CAF online.
Not too many surprises in terms of seeding although Burkina Faso will definitely be the team everyone in Pot 1 wants to avoid.
At least no BS Cameroon vs CIV in the group stages like in the 2022 WCQ
Learn all about 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying in the CAF region and the seeds
TobiOT
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Givethanks
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Amrabat is going to Atléti no?
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Ukbrotha
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Saudi League have hired Emenalo as its DoF. 
