The 2026 World Cup Qualifiers draw was conducted in Ivory Coast on Thursday.

Zimbabwe were drawn in Group C along with neighbours South Africa, Lesotho, Rwanda, Benin and Nigeria.

Here is the full draw.

Group A
Egypt
Burkina Faso
Guinea Bissau
Sierra Leone
Ethiopia
Djibouti

Group B
Senegal
DRC
Mauritania
Togo
Sudan
South Sudan

Group C
Nigeria
South Africa
Benin
Zimbabwe
Rwanda
Lesotho

Group D
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Angola
Libya
Eswatini
Mauritius

Group E
Morocco
Zambia
Congo
Tanzania
Niger
Eritrea

Group F
Ivory Coast
Gabon
Kenya
The Gambia
Burundi
Seychelles

Group G
Algeria
Guinea
Uganda
Mozambique
Botswana
Somalia

Group H
Tunisia
Equatorial Guinea
Namibia
Malawi
Liberia
São Tomé and Príncipe

Group I
Mali
Ghana
Madagascar
Central African Republic
Comoros
Chad