2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round
Tournament details
Dates	7 October 2016 – 14 November 2017
Teams	20 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	144 (2.36 per match)
Attendance	1,773,205 (29,069 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mohamed Salah ; (5 goals)
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Last updated April 04, 2024

The third round of CAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 7 October 2016 to 14 November 2017.

Format

A total of 20 teams which had advanced from the second round were drawn into five groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winners of each group qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Seeding

The draw for the third round was held on 24 June 2016, 17:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.^[1]

The seedings – initially released on 8 June 2016 – were based on a special edition of the FIFA World Rankings that included all matches up to 7 June 2016. This allowed the rankings to include results of the Africa Cup of Nations qualification games played between 3–5 June 2016.^[2] However, following a complaint by the Egyptian Football Association, it was reported that a further special ranking would be used.^[3] This seeding was released on 21 June.^[4] Following further complaints,^[5] the Emergency Bureau for the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers reversed the change, and restored the initial special rankings.^[6]

Pot 1 contained the teams ranked 1–5.
Pot 2 contained the teams ranked 6–10.
Pot 3 contained the teams ranked 11–15.
Pot 4 contained the teams ranked 16–20.

Each group contained one team from each of the four pots. The fixtures of each group were decided based on the respective draw position of each team, which was decided by drawing a ball with position numbers 1–4.^[7]

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Algeria (31) Ivory Coast (34) Ghana (36) Senegal (40) Tunisia (45)	Cape Verde (46) Egypt (47) DR Congo (49) Nigeria (57) Mali (58)	Cameroon (59) Morocco (60) Guinea (62) South Africa (66) Congo (67)	Uganda (69) Burkina Faso (71) Zambia (83) Gabon (88) Libya (115)

Groups

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):^[8] Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) Overall goal difference Overall goals scored Points in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Goals scored in matches between tied teams Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format) Fair play points first yellow card: minus 1 point indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points direct red card: minus 4 points yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	6	4	2	0	11	4	+7	14	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup	—	2–1	0–0	2–0
2	DR Congo	6	4	1	1	14	7	+7	13		2–2	—	4–0	3–1
3	Libya	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4		0–1	1–2	—	1–0
4	Guinea	6	1	0	5	6	14	−8	3		1–4	1–2	3–2	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

8 October 2016

18:30 UTC+1

DR Congo	4–0	Libya
Mbokani 6', 57' Bolingi 45+2' Mubele 68'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Attendance: 71,000

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

9 October 2016

18:00 UTC+1

Tunisia	2–0	Guinea
Abdennour 58' Ben-Hatira 79'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

11 November 2016

20:00 UTC+1

Libya	0–1	Tunisia
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Khazri 50' (pen.)

Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers (Algeria)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

13 November 2016

17:30 UTC±0

Guinea	1–2	DR Congo
Soumah 23' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Kebano 54' Bolasie 57'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

31 August 2017

17:00 UTC±0

Guinea	3–2	Libya
N. Keïta 8' D. Camara 23' Alk. Bangoura 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Sabbou 87' Zuway 88'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Attendance: 13,750

Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

1 September 2017

21:00 UTC+1

Tunisia	2–1	DR Congo
Meriah 18' (pen.) Chaalali 47'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Bakambu 43'

Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

4 September 2017

20:00 UTC+1

Libya	1–0	Guinea
Elhouni 36'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir (Tunisia)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)

5 September 2017

18:30 UTC+1

DR Congo	2–2	Tunisia
Mbemba 10' M'Poku 47'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Moke 77' (o.g.) Badri 78'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

7 October 2017

17:00 UTC±0

Guinea	1–4	Tunisia
N. Keïta 36'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Msakni 45', 74', 90' Ben Amor 83'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

7 October 2017

18:00 UTC+1

Libya	1–2	DR Congo
Elmusrati 68'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Bakambu 50' Mubele 74'

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir (Tunisia)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 750

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

11 November 2017

18:30 UTC+1

Tunisia	0–0	Libya
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

11 November 2017

18:30 UTC+1

DR Congo	3–1	Guinea
Sidibé 61' (o.g.) Bolingi 90+2' (pen.) Kebano 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Keita Junior 71'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	13	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup	—	1–0	4–0	3–1
2	Zambia	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8		1–2	—	2–2	3–1
3	Cameroon	6	1	4	1	7	9	−2	7		1–1	1–1	—	2–0
4	Algeria	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4		3–0 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0–1	1–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

↑ FIFA awarded Algeria a 3–0 win as a result of Nigeria fielding the ineligible player Shehu Abdullahi, after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw. Abdullahi failed to serve a one-game ban after receiving two yellow cards in the qualifying competition.^[9]

9 October 2016

14:30 UTC+2

Zambia	1–2	Nigeria
Mbesuma 71'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Iwobi 33' Iheanacho 43'

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

9 October 2016

20:30 UTC+1

Algeria	1–1	Cameroon
Soudani 7'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Moukandjo 24'

Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

12 November 2016

16:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	1–1	Zambia
Aboubakar 45+3' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Mbesuma 34'

Limbe Stadium, Limbe

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

12 November 2016

17:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	3–1	Algeria
Moses 24', 90+1' Mikel 41'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Bentaleb 66'

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

1 September 2017

17:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	4–0	Cameroon
Ighalo 29' Mikel 43' Moses 56' Iheanacho 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

2 September 2017

15:00 UTC+2

Zambia	3–1	Algeria
Mwila 6', 32' Mwepu 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Brahimi 54'

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Attendance: 51,000

Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

4 September 2017

18:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	1–1	Nigeria
Aboubakar 74' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Simon 30'

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

Attendance: 38,136

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

5 September 2017

20:30 UTC+1

Algeria	0–1	Zambia
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Daka 66'

Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

7 October 2017

17:00 UTC+1

Nigeria	1–0	Zambia
Iwobi 73'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

7 October 2017

17:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	2–0	Algeria
N'Jie 25' Pangop 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

10 November 2017

20:30 UTC+1

Algeria	3–0 Awarded^{[note 2]}	Nigeria
Brahimi 88' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Ogu 62'

Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

11 November 2017

15:00 UTC+2

Zambia	2–2	Cameroon
Daka 25' Mwila 64'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Zambo Anguissa 30' Yaya 90'

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	6	3	3	0	11	0	+11	12	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup	—	0–0	3–0	6–0
2	Ivory Coast	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8		0–2	—	1–2	3–1
3	Gabon	6	1	3	2	2	7	−5	6		0–0	0–3	—	0–0
4	Mali	6	0	4	2	1	9	−8	4		0–0	0–0	0–0	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

8 October 2016

16:00 UTC+1

Gabon	0–0	Morocco
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

8 October 2016

18:00 UTC±0

Ivory Coast	3–1	Mali
Kodjia 26' S. Coulibaly 31' (o.g.) Gervinho 34'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	S. Yatabaré 18'

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

12 November 2016

18:30 UTC±0

Mali	0–0	Gabon
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

12 November 2016

20:00 UTC±0

Morocco	0–0	Ivory Coast
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

1 September 2017

21:00 UTC+1

Morocco	6–0	Mali
Ziyech 19' (pen.), 60' Boutaïb 27' Hakimi 72' Fajr 80' Mahi 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

2 September 2017

17:00 UTC+1

Gabon	0–3	Ivory Coast
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Gradel 53' Doumbia 77', 83'

Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

5 September 2017

17:30 UTC±0

Ivory Coast	1–2	Gabon
Cornet 58'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Méyé 20' Lemina 30'

Stade Bouaké, Bouaké

Attendance: 12,948

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

5 September 2017

19:00 UTC±0

Mali	0–0	Morocco
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

6 October 2017

19:00 UTC±0

Mali	0–0	Ivory Coast
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 8,960

Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

7 October 2017

20:00 UTC+1

Morocco	3–0	Gabon
Boutaïb 38', 56', 71'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

11 November 2017

15:30 UTC+1

Gabon	0–0	Mali
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Attendance: 8,700

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

11 November 2017

17:30 UTC±0

Ivory Coast	0–2	Morocco
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Dirar 24' Benatia 30'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	6	4	2	0	10	3	+7	14	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup	—	0–0	2–0	2–1
2	Burkina Faso	6	2	3	1	10	6	+4	9		2–2	—	4–0	1–1
3	Cape Verde	6	2	0	4	4	12	−8	6		0–2	0–2	—	2–1
4	South Africa	6	1	1	4	7	10	−3	4		0–2 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–1	1–2	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

↑ FIFA ordered a replay of the original South Africa v Senegal match after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the lifetime ban of match referee Joseph Lamptey. Originally South Africa had defeated Senegal 2–1.^[10]

8 October 2016

18:00 UTC±0

Burkina Faso	1–1	South Africa
Diawara 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Furman 80'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

8 October 2016

20:00 UTC±0

Senegal	2–0	Cape Verde
Keita 24' Sow 80'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Attendance: 53,000

Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

12 November 2016

15:00 UTC+2

South Africa	Annulled^{[note 3]}	Senegal
Hlatshwayo 42' (pen.) Serero 45'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	N'Doye 75'

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Attendance: 26,179

Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

12 November 2016

16:00 UTC−1

Cape Verde	0–2	Burkina Faso
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Dayo 2' Nakoulma 28'

Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

1 September 2017

17:30 UTC−1

Cape Verde	2–1	South Africa
Rocha 33', 38' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Rantie 14'

Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

2 September 2017

20:00 UTC±0

Senegal	0–0	Burkina Faso
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Attendance: 42,901

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

5 September 2017

19:00 UTC+2

South Africa	1–2	Cape Verde
Jali 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Rodrigues 51', 66'

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)

5 September 2017

18:00 UTC±0

Burkina Faso	2–2	Senegal
B. Traoré 8' A. Traoré 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Sarr 26' Mané 75'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

7 October 2017

15:00 UTC+2

South Africa	3–1	Burkina Faso
Tau 2' Zwane 34' Vilakazi 45+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	A. Traoré 86'

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

7 October 2017

16:30 UTC−1

Cape Verde	0–2	Senegal
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Sakho 82' N'Doye 90+2'

Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

10 November 2017

19:00 UTC+2

South Africa	0–2	Senegal
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Sakho 11' Mkhize 38' (o.g.)

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

14 November 2017

19:30 UTC±0

Burkina Faso	4–0	Cape Verde
Nakoulma 45', 57', 62' Diawara 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

14 November 2017

19:30 UTC±0

Senegal	2–1	South Africa
Nguette 55' Mbodji 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Tau 63'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	13	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup	—	1–0	2–0	2–1
2	Uganda	6	2	3	1	3	2	+1	9		1–0	—	0–0	1–0
3	Ghana	6	1	4	1	7	5	+2	7		1–1	0–0	—	1–1
4	Congo	6	0	2	4	5	12	−7	2		1–2	1–1	1–5	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

7 October 2016

15:30 UTC±0

Ghana	0–0	Uganda
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Tamale Stadium, Tamale

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

9 October 2016

15:30 UTC+1

Congo	1–2	Egypt
Doré 24'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	M. Salah 41' El Said 58'

Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)

12 November 2016

16:00 UTC+3

Uganda	1–0	Congo
Miya 17'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Mandela National Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

13 November 2016

18:00 UTC+2

Egypt	2–0	Ghana
M. Salah 42' (pen.) El Said 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

31 August 2017

16:00 UTC+3

Uganda	1–0	Egypt
Okwi 51'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Mandela National Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

1 September 2017

15:30 UTC±0

Ghana	1–1	Congo
Partey 86'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Bifouma 18'

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

5 September 2017

15:30 UTC+1

Congo	1–5	Ghana
Illoy-Ayyet 43'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Boakye 22', 45+2', 84' Partey 26', 68'

Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville

Attendance: 14,379

Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

5 September 2017

20:00 UTC+2

Egypt	1–0	Uganda
Salah 6'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

7 October 2017

16:00 UTC+3

Uganda	0–0	Ghana
	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Mandela National Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

8 October 2017

19:00 UTC+2

Egypt	2–1	Congo
Salah 62', 90+4' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Bouka Moutou 87'

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 86,000

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

12 November 2017

15:30 UTC+1

Congo	1–1	Uganda
Baudry 10'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Karisa 11'

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

Attendance: 1,002

Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

12 November 2017

15:30 UTC±0

Ghana	1–1	Egypt
Gyasi 63'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Shikabala 61'

Cape Coast Stadium, Cape Coast

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Goalscorers

There were 144 goals scored in 61 matches, for an average of 2.36 goals per match.

5 goals

Mohamed Salah

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Wilfred Moke (against Tunisia)
Ousmane Sidibé (against DR Congo)
Salif Coulibaly (against Ivory Coast)
Thamsanqa Mkhize (against Senegal)

Notes

1 2 3 Libya played their home matches outside Libya due to security concerns from the civil war.
↑ FIFA awarded Algeria a 3–0 win as a result of Nigeria fielding the ineligible player Shehu Abdullahi, after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw. Abdullahi failed to serve a one-game ban after receiving two yellow cards in the qualifying competition.^[9]
↑ On 6 September 2017, the Bureau for the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers annulled the result of the South Africa v Senegal match on 12 November 2016, and ordered that it be replayed within the November 2017 international window, which was confirmed by the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions on 14 September 2017.^[11] Originally, South Africa had defeated Senegal 2–1, but match referee Joseph Lamptey was banned for life by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 20 March 2017 for unlawfully influencing the match after issuing a penalty for handball against Senegal:^[12] this decision was upheld by the FIFA Appeal Committee, and subsequently by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 6 September 2017.^[10]

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The 2015 CAF Champions League group stage was played from 26 June to 12 September 2015. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2015 CAF Champions League.

The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 26 June to 13 September 2015. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.

Group I of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the thirteen groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of three teams: Ivory Coast, Sudan, and Sierra Leone. The hosts of the final tournament, Gabon, had also been drawn into this group and played games against the other three teams in the group; however, these matches were only considered as friendlies and not counted for the standings.

The second round of CAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 11 to 17 November 2015.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group A was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Netherlands, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus, and Luxembourg.

The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds were played from 10 February to 22 April 2017. A total of 68 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.

Group D of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Algeria, Togo, Benin, and Gambia.

Group A of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, and Madagascar.

Group F of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Ghana, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, and Kenya, before Sierra Leone's disqualification.

Group G of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: DR Congo, Congo, Zimbabwe, and Liberia.

Group J of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Tunisia, Egypt, Niger, and Eswatini.

The 2017 CAF Champions League group stage was played from 12 May to 9 July 2017. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2017 CAF Champions League.

The 2017 CAF Champions League knockout stage was played from 8 September to 4 November 2017. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2017 CAF Champions League.

The second round of CAF matches for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was played over six matchdays, from 1 September to 16 November 2021.

References

↑ "June draw for third round of African Zone qualifiers". FIFA.com. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016.
↑ "OFFICIAL: Egypt in Pot 2 for African World Cup qualifiers draw". kingfut.com. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
↑ "PHOTO: FIFA to release new special ranking for Africa". kingfut.com. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
↑ "2018 FIFA W/Cup draw holds Friday". Vanguard Nigeria. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
↑ "FIFA cancels corrected ranking, keeping Egypt in Pot 2". kingfut.com. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
↑ "Africa gears up for draw for third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers". FIFA.com. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
↑ "Road to Russia mapped out for African hopefuls". FIFA.com. 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016.
↑ "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016.
1 2 "Latest decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee". FIFA.com. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
1 2 "South Africa vs. Senegal World Cup qualifier to be replayed in November". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 September 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
↑ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
↑ "Match official banned for life due to match manipulation". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 March 2017. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

External links

Official FIFA World Cup website
- Qualifiers – Africa: Round 3, FIFA.com
2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – Qualifiers, CAFonline.com

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[table_note_ALG_NGA0.31909166058483-11] FIFA awarded Algeria a 3–0 win as a result of Nigeria fielding the ineligible player Shehu Abdullahi, after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw. Abdullahi failed to serve a one-game ban after receiving two yellow cards in the qualifying competition.^[9]

[table_note_RSA_SEN0.026870261424626-14] FIFA ordered a replay of the original South Africa v Senegal match after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the lifetime ban of match referee Joseph Lamptey. Originally South Africa had defeated Senegal 2–1.^[10]

[LBY-9] 1 2 3 Libya played their home matches outside Libya due to security concerns from the civil war.

[Algeria_v_Nigeria-12] FIFA awarded Algeria a 3–0 win as a result of Nigeria fielding the ineligible player Shehu Abdullahi, after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw. Abdullahi failed to serve a one-game ban after receiving two yellow cards in the qualifying competition.^[9]

[17] On 6 September 2017, the Bureau for the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers annulled the result of the South Africa v Senegal match on 12 November 2016, and ordered that it be replayed within the November 2017 international window, which was confirmed by the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions on 14 September 2017.^[11] Originally, South Africa had defeated Senegal 2–1, but match referee Joseph Lamptey was banned for life by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 20 March 2017 for unlawfully influencing the match after issuing a penalty for handball against Senegal:^[12] this decision was upheld by the FIFA Appeal Committee, and subsequently by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 6 September 2017.^[10]

[1] "June draw for third round of African Zone qualifiers". FIFA.com. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016.

[2] "OFFICIAL: Egypt in Pot 2 for African World Cup qualifiers draw". kingfut.com. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.

[3] "PHOTO: FIFA to release new special ranking for Africa". kingfut.com. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

[4] "2018 FIFA W/Cup draw holds Friday". Vanguard Nigeria. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

[5] "FIFA cancels corrected ranking, keeping Egypt in Pot 2". kingfut.com. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[6] "Africa gears up for draw for third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers". FIFA.com. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[7] "Road to Russia mapped out for African hopefuls". FIFA.com. 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016.

[8] "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016.

[nigeria_sanctioned-10] 1 2 "Latest decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee". FIFA.com. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2022.

[RSA-SEN_replay-13] 1 2 "South Africa vs. Senegal World Cup qualifier to be replayed in November". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 September 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

[confirmation-15] "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[Lamptey_banned-16] "Match official banned for life due to match manipulation". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 March 2017. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round

Contents

Format

Seeding

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Goalscorers

Notes

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References

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