Factfile for 2018 World Cup qualifying competition in Africa:

First round

Somalia 0 Niger 6 (0-2 home, 0-4 away)

South Sudan 1 Mauritania 5 (1-1, 0-4)

Gambia 2 Namibia 3 (1-1, 1-2)

Sao Tome e Principe 1 Ethiopia 3 (1-0, 0-3)

Chad 2 Sierra Leone 2 (1-0, 1-2, Chad won on away goals)

Comoros 1 Lesotho 1 (0-0, 1-1, Comoros won on away goals)

Djibouti 1 Swaziland 8 (0-6, 1-2)

Eritrea 1 Botswana 5 (0-2, 1-3)

Seychelles 0 Burundi 3 (0-1, 0-2)

Liberia 4 Guinea-Bissau 2 (1-1, 3-1)

Central African Republic 2 Madagascar 5 (0-3, 2-2)

Mauritius 2 Kenya 5 (2-5, 0-0)

Tanzania 2 Malawi 1 (2-0, 0-1)

Disqualified: Zimbabwe (failing to pay former national coach)

Second round

Niger 0 Cameroon 3 (0-3, 0-0)

Mauritania 2 Tunisia 4 (1-2, 1-2)

Namibia 0 Guinea 3 (0-1, 0-2)

Ethiopia 4 Congo Brazzaville 6 (3-4, 1-2)

Chad 1 Egypt 4 (1-0, 0-4)

Comoros 0 Ghana 2 (0-0, 0-2)

Swaziland 0 Nigeria 2 (0-0, 0-2)

Botswana 2 Mali 3 (2-1, 0-2)

Burundi 2 Democratic Republic of Congo 6 (2-3, 0-3)

Liberia 0 Ivory Coast 4 (0-1, 0-3)

Madagascar 2 Senegal 5 (2-2, 0-3)

Kenya 1 Cape Verde 2 (1-0, 0-2)

Tanzania 2 Algeria 9 (2-2, 0-7)

Sudan 0 Zambia 3 (0-1, 0-2)

Libya 4 Rwanda 1 (1-0, 3-1)

Morocco 2 Equatorial Guinea 1 (2-0, 0-1)

Mozambique 1 Gabon 1 (1-0, 0-1, Gabon won 4-3 on penalties)

Benin 2 Burkina Faso 3 (2-1, 0-2)

Togo 0 Uganda 4 (0-1, 0-3)

Angola 1 South Africa 4 (1-3, 0-1)

Third round

Group A: Tunisia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Libya

Group B: Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zambia

Group C: Ivory Coast, Mali, Morocco, Gabon

Group D: Senegal, Cape Verde, South Africa, Burkina Faso

Group E: Ghana, Egypt, Congo Brazzaville, Uganda

Matchdays

1: Oct 3-11 2016

2: Nov 7-15 2016

3/4: Aug 28-Sept 5 2017

5: Oct 2-10 2017

6: Nov 6-14 2017

Note: group winners qualify for 2018 World Cup in Russia

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