Overview

• Cabo Verde sealed qualification in Praia at the Estadio Nacional, with goals from Dailon Livramento, Willy Semedo and Ianique Tavares (Stopira).
• The result secured first place in Africa’s Group D, finishing on 23 points to Cameroon’s 19 for a direct ticket to the 2026 tournament.
• President José Maria Neves expanded an initial local workplace break into a nationwide half‑day, emptying streets as crowds gathered around public screens.
• Celebrations filled cities across the archipelago into the night, underscoring the achievement’s unifying impact on a nation of roughly half a million people.
• The debut places Cabo Verde among Africa’s qualified sides with Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt and Ghana, and it arrives in an expanded 48‑team World Cup that has also welcomed newcomers like Jordan and Uzbekistan.