The 2026 World Cup calls Morocco .. The dates of the fifth group matches

Johannesburg-AFP.
Morocco hopes to resolve the first African card qualified for the 2026 World Cup in football, when it hosts Niger on Friday at the opening of Prince Moulay Abdullah Stadium in Rabat.
After a six -month hiatus, the African qualifying wheel returns to rotate with the nine group champions qualify directly to the finals scheduled in the United States, Canada and Mexico and the four best teams are ranked second.
The seventh round will be held between Wednesday, Saturday and the eighth between Sunday and Tuesday, while the last two rounds are held in this role in October.
If the “Atlas” win and Tanzania stumbled in the Congo land in the fifth group, they will ensure participation for the third time in a row and the seventh in their history.
If Tanzania and Morocco win, the latter’s fate will be in his hands when next week will come to Zambia, where he will need a point to ensure participation in the expanded event to 48 teams.
The men of coach Walid Al -Rakraki lead the group with 15 points, six ahead of Tanzania in a group from which Eritrea withdrew before the start of its competitions.
As for the arrested Congo in the last two games due to government intervention, you do not have any point from five games.
Morocco is the candidate for the Golden Ball, Ashraf Hakimi, the back of Paris Saint -Germain, European champion. “My dream now is to win a title with Morocco … the World Cup or the African Nations Cup,” he said in press statements.
Morocco, which hosts the African Nations Cup finals next December, achieved a historic result of Africa in the World Cup 2022, when it reached the semi -finals and finished fourth.
Al-Rakraki said about the confrontation of his fellow Zaki Badou, Niger coach, knowing that the first leg ended 2-1 for Morocco at the time of the lost time.
The stadium, located 7 km from the center of Rabat, was re -demolished after the old stadium was demolished and it took about two years to become 68,000 spectators.

The dates of the fifth group Friday
(20:00) Congo – Tanzania
(23:00) Morocco – Niger