US EditionTunisia book place at 2026 World Cup with victory in Equatorial Guinea
Mohamed Ben Romdhane's injury-time goal secured Tunisia's seventh World Cup appearance, extending their lead to 22 points in Group H with two qualifying matches remaining.
- Tunisia clinched their qualification for the 2026 World Cup by defeating the hosts 1-0 in a match played on Monday evening.
- Tunisia needed a victory to guarantee qualification and achieved it with a last-minute goal from substitute Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane.
- The winning goal came in the 94th minute after Firas Chaouat assisted Romdhane, allowing Tunisia to top Group H with 22 points from eight matches.
- Tunisia leads second-place Namibia by 10 points, has yet to concede a goal in qualifying, and will make their seventh overall World Cup appearance and third consecutive time.
- This qualification makes Tunisia the second African nation after Morocco, who won 2-0 in Zambia, to secure a spot at the tournament hosted across the US, Mexico, and Canada.
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Tunisia joins Morocco as the two African teams to qualify for the 2026 World Cup
2026 World Cup: Two African countries confirm qualification
Two African countries have now qualified for the 2026 World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada. Tunisia became the second team from the continent to book their spot, following a dramatic 1-0 victory over Equatorial Guinea on Monday night. The Carthage Eagles entered the game seven points ahead of Namibia. The North Africans needed a win to be certain of qualification, and they secured it with the last kick of the match through Mohamed Ali Ben Romd…
From a dreamy play, Tunisia achieved its ranking in the 2026 World Cup. In the last action of the game, Mohamed Ben Romdhane converted the so much that he gave the 1 to 0 victory to the Eagles of Carthage in front of Equatorial Guinea, as a visitor, in the duel corresponding to the group H of the African qualifiers. Thus, they will play the cup of the world for the seventh time in their history. The last seconds of the game were played, which wa…
The Carthage Eagles beat Equatorial Guinea on Monday in Malabo and are the second African team to participate in the next World Football Championship. On Friday, Morocco won the first ticket.
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