Mohamed Al-Amin Amoura, star of the Algerian national team, has ignited the race for top scorers in the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Mohamed Al-Amin Amoura scored a brace in Algeria’s 3-0 victory over Somalia in the match held in the city of Oran, Algeria, as part of the penultimate round of the qualifiers.

Amoura raised his goal tally to 8, placing him eighth in the list of top scorers in the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, which will feature 48 teams for the first time in history.

Amoura shares second place in the top scorers list with Gabon’s Bouanga and Mali’s Doumbia, noting that the Gabonese striker has a chance to increase his tally when his team plays Gambia in the ninth round today, Friday.

Meanwhile, Mohamed Salah, star of the Egyptian national team and Liverpool FC, leads the scorers with 9 goals, after scoring a brace in Egypt’s 3-0 win over Djibouti in the match held the day before yesterday, Wednesday, in Casablanca, Morocco.

Salah will miss Egypt’s match against Guinea-Bissau scheduled for 10 PM next Sunday at Cairo Stadium, as decided by Egypt’s coaching staff led by Hossam Hassan, after securing qualification for the 2026 World Cup.

The upcoming World Cup edition will witness the participation of four Arab African teams for the first time in history: Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco. It will also be the first time that three teams from the Maghreb region—Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco—participate in the same World Cup edition.