Overview

• Cape Verde beat Eswatini 3-0 in Praia, with goals by Dailon Livramento, Willy Semedo and Stopira, to top a group that left Cameroon in second.
• The island nation of about 490,000 becomes Africa’s smallest-ever qualifier and the second-smallest in World Cup history, with more than half the squad born abroad.
• Ghana booked passage with a 1-0 win over Comoros thanks to Mohammed Kudus, making Otto Addo the first coach to take the Black Stars to two World Cups.
• The Faroe Islands defeated the Czech Republic 2-1 to stay in contention for second place in their group, needing points in Croatia and a Czech slip against Gibraltar.
• Cape Verde is the tournament’s third debutant after Uzbekistan and Jordan in the expanded 48-team event in the United States, Canada and Mexico next summer.