{"id":1070,"date":"2026-04-02T08:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2026-04-02T08:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:04:20","slug":"full-list-dr-congo-nine-other-african-teams-in-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/full-list-dr-congo-nine-other-african-teams-in-2026-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"FULL LIST: DR Congo, nine other African teams in 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5621.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5621.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5621-300x196.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5621-768x503.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Africa will have a record of 10 representatives at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, following DR Congo\u2019s qualification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Leopards secured the final African slot after beating Nigeria in the African play-offs and later defeating Jamaica 1-0 in the intercontinental play-offs on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They join nine other nations that had already booked their places at the expanded tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Super Eagles, on the other hand, failed to qualify for the second edition in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be the first time Africa sends 10 teams to the World Cup, underlining the continent\u2019s growing influence in global football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FULL LIST OF AFRICAN TEAMS<br>DR Congo<br>Senegal<br>Morocco<br>Egypt<br>Ghana<br>Algeria<br>Tunisia<br>C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire<br>Cape Verde<br>South Africa<br>The increase in Africa\u2019s representation follows FIFA\u2019s expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams, creating more opportunities for countries to qualify for the global showpiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa will have a record of 10 representatives at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, following DR Congo\u2019s qualification. The Leopards secured the final African slot&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[112],"class_list":["post-1070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport-1","tag-world-cup"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1072,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions\/1072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepublicsquare.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}