2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
Tournament details
Dates 7 October 2015 – 14 November 2017
Teams 54 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 66
Goals scored 165 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Algeria Islam Slimani
Burundi Fiston Abdul Razak
Liberia William Jebor
Niger Moussa Maâzou
(4 goals each)
← 2014
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 17 November 2015.

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The African section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification act as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). A total of 5 slots in the final tournament are available for CAF teams.[1]

The CAF Executive Committee approved the format for the qualifiers of the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 14 January 2015,[2] with three preliminary rounds before a final group stage featuring 20 teams. The number of preliminary rounds was reduced to two, based on information provided by FIFA in early July 2015.[3][4]

Format

The qualification structure is as follows:[4][5]

  • First round: A total of 26 teams (teams ranked 28–53) will play home-and-away over two legs. The 13 winners will advance to the second round.
  • Second round: A total of 40 teams (teams ranked 1–27 and 13 first round winners) will play home-and-away over two legs. The 20 winners will advance to the third round.
  • Third round: The 20 teams which advance from the second round will be divided into five groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The winners of each group will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Entrants

All 54 FIFA-affiliated football associations from CAF entered qualification.[6] However, Zimbabwe were expelled from the competition on 12 March 2015 due to their failure to pay former coach José Claudinei a severance fee,[7] a decision that the Zimbabwe Football Association said they would appeal.[8]

The July 2015 FIFA Ranking were used to seed the teams for the first two rounds, both of which will be drawn in Russia on 25 July 2015.[4] (World rankings shown in brackets)[9]

From the July 2015 FIFA World Rankings[9]
Bye to second round
(Ranked 1st to 27th)		 Competing in first round
(Ranked 28th to 53rd)
  1.  Algeria (19)
  2.  Ivory Coast (21)
  3.  Ghana (25)
  4.  Tunisia (32)
  5.  Senegal (39)
  6.  Cameroon (42)
  7.  Congo (47)
  8.  Cape Verde (52)
  9.  Egypt (55)
  10.  Nigeria (57)
  11.  Guinea (58)
  12.  DR Congo (60)
  13.  Mali (61)
  14.  Equatorial Guinea (63)
  1.  Gabon (65)
  2.  South Africa (70)
  3.  Zambia (71)
  4.  Burkina Faso (72)
  5.  Uganda (73)
  6.  Rwanda (78)
  7.  Togo (83)
  8.  Morocco (84)
  9.  Sudan (90)
  10.  Angola (92)
  11.  Mozambique (95)
  12.  Benin (96)
  13.  Libya (96)
  1.  Niger (96)
  2.  Ethiopia (101)
  3.  Malawi (108)
  4.  Sierra Leone (111)
  5.  Namibia (112)
  6.  Kenya (114)
  7.  Botswana (120)
  8.  Madagascar (122)
  9.  Mauritania (128)
  10.  Burundi (131)
  11.  Lesotho (131)
  12.  Guinea-Bissau (133)
  13.  Swaziland (138)
  1.  Tanzania (139)
  2.  Gambia (143)
  3.  Liberia (161)
  4.  Central African Republic (170)
  5.  Chad (173)
  6.  Mauritius (180)
  7.  Seychelles (186)
  8.  Comoros (187)
  9.  São Tomé and Príncipe (189)
  10.  South Sudan (195)
  11.  Eritrea (204)
  12.  Somalia (205)
  13.  Djibouti (207)

Note: Niger had to enter the first round as they had fewer FIFA ranking points (345.31) than Benin (345.46) and Libya (345.35). In the FIFA World Rankings, teams share the same ranking if their ranking points round to the same whole number.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[10]

Round Matchday Date
First round First leg 5–13 October 2015
Second leg
Second round First leg 9–17 November 2015
Second leg
Round Matchday Date
Third round Matchday 1 3–11 October 2016
Matchday 2 7–15 November 2016
Matchday 3 28 August – 5 September 2017
Matchday 4
Matchday 5 2–10 October 2017
Matchday 6 6–14 November 2017

First round

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The draw for the first round was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[11]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Somalia  0–6  Niger 0–2 0–4
South Sudan  1–5  Mauritania 1–1 0–4
Gambia  2–3  Namibia 1–1 1–2
São Tomé and Príncipe  1–3  Ethiopia 1–0 0–3
Chad  2–2 (a)  Sierra Leone 1–0 1–2
Comoros  1–1 (a)  Lesotho 0–0 1–1
Djibouti  1–8  Swaziland 0–6 1–2
Eritrea  1–5  Botswana 0–2 1–3
Seychelles  0–3  Burundi 0–1 0–2
Liberia  4–2  Guinea-Bissau 1–1 3–1
Central African Republic  2–5  Madagascar 0–3 2–2
Mauritius  2–5  Kenya 2–5 0–0
Tanzania  2–1  Malawi 2–0 0–1

Second round

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The draw for the second round was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[11]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Niger  0–3  Cameroon 0–3 0–0
Mauritania  2–4  Tunisia 1–2 1–2
Namibia  0–3  Guinea 0–1 0–2
Ethiopia  4–6  Congo 3–4 1–2
Chad  1–4  Egypt 1–0 0–4
Comoros  0–2  Ghana 0–0 0–2
Swaziland  0–2  Nigeria 0–0 0–2
Botswana  2–3  Mali 2–1 0–2
Burundi  2–6  DR Congo 2–3 0–3[note 1]
Liberia  0–4  Ivory Coast 0–1 0–3
Madagascar  2–5  Senegal 2–2 0–3
Kenya  1–2  Cape Verde 1–0 0–2
Tanzania  2–9  Algeria 2–2 0–7
Sudan  0–3  Zambia 0–1 0–2
Libya  4–1  Rwanda 1–0 3–1
Morocco  2–1  Equatorial Guinea 2–0 0–1
Mozambique  1–1 (3–4 p)  Gabon 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Benin  2–3  Burkina Faso 2–1 0–2
Togo  0–4  Uganda 0–1 0–3
Angola  1–4  South Africa 1–3 0–1

Third round

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The draw for the third round will be held on 24 June 2016 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[13]

Groups

Group A

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification A1 A2 A3 A4
1 Team A1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup — TBD TBD TBD
1 Team A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD
1 Team A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD
1 Team A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification B1 B2 B3 B4
1 Team B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup — TBD TBD TBD
1 Team B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD
1 Team B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD
1 Team B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group C

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification C1 C2 C3 C4
1 Team C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup — TBD TBD TBD
1 Team C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD
1 Team C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD
1 Team C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group D

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification D1 D2 D3 D4
1 Team D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup — TBD TBD TBD
1 Team D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD
1 Team D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD
1 Team D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Group E

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification E1 E2 E3 E4
1 Team E1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup — TBD TBD TBD
1 Team E2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD — TBD TBD
1 Team E3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD — TBD
1 Team E4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD —
First match(es) will be played on TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Goalscorers

As of all matches played on 17 November 2015

Note: Players in bold are still active in the competition.

4 goals

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3 goals

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2 goals

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1 goal

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1 own goal

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Notes

  1. ↑ FIFA awarded Congo DR a 3–0 win as a result of Burundi fielding the ineligible player Gaël Bigirimana.[12] The match originally ended 2–2.

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