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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International football competition

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.

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. However, following a complaint by the Egyptian Football Association, it was reported that a further special ranking would be used. This seeding was released on 21 June. Following further complaints, the Emergency Bureau for the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers reversed the change, and restored the initial special rankings.

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.

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): 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

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):

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 (2016-10-08)18:30 UTC+1

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

Stade des Martyrs, KinshasaAttendance: 71,000Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali) 9 October 2016 (2016-10-09)18:00 UTC+1

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

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, MonastirAttendance: 6,000Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)20:00 UTC+1

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

Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers (Algeria)Attendance: 6,000Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya) 13 November 2016 (2016-11-13)17:30 UTC±0

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

Stade du 28 Septembre, ConakryAttendance: 30,000Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)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, ConakryAttendance: 13,750Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti) 1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)21:00 UTC+1

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

Stade Olympique de Radès, TunisAttendance: 30,000Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

4 September 2017 (2017-09-04)20:00 UTC+1

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

Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir (Tunisia)Attendance: 1,500Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast) 5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)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, KinshasaAttendance: 80,000Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)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, ConakryAttendance: 12,000Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) 7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)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)Attendance: 750Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

11 November 2017 (2017-11-11)18:30 UTC+1

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

Stade Olympique de Radès, TunisAttendance: 56,000Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) 11 November 2017 (2017-11-11)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, KinshasaAttendance: 3,000Referee: 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	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 October 2016 (2016-10-09)14:30 UTC+2

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

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, NdolaAttendance: 38,000Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt) 9 October 2016 (2016-10-09)20:30 UTC+1

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

Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, BlidaAttendance: 35,000Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

12 November 2016 (2016-11-12)16:00 UTC+1

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

Limbe Stadium, LimbeAttendance: 12,000Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) 12 November 2016 (2016-11-12)17:00 UTC+1

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

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, UyoAttendance: 28,000Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)17:00 UTC+1

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

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, UyoAttendance: 27,000Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt) 2 September 2017 (2017-09-02)15:00 UTC+2

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

National Heroes Stadium, LusakaAttendance: 51,000Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

4 September 2017 (2017-09-04)18:00 UTC+1

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

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, YaoundéAttendance: 38,136Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia) 5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)20:30 UTC+1

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

Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium, ConstantineAttendance: 35,000Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)17:00 UTC+1

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

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, UyoAttendance: 80,000Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana) 7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)17:00 UTC+1

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

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, YaoundéAttendance: 35,000Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)20:30 UTC+1

Algeria	3–0 Awarded	Nigeria
Brahimi 88' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Ogu 62'

Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium, ConstantineAttendance: 30,000Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon) 11 November 2017 (2017-11-11)15:00 UTC+2

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

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, NdolaAttendance: 20,000Referee: 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 (2016-10-08)16:00 UTC+1

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

Stade de Franceville, FrancevilleAttendance: 18,000Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) 8 October 2016 (2016-10-08)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, BouakéAttendance: 22,000Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

12 November 2016 (2016-11-12)18:30 UTC±0

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

Stade du 26 Mars, BamakoAttendance: 25,000Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) 12 November 2016 (2016-11-12)20:00 UTC±0

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

Stade de Marrakech, MarrakeshAttendance: 40,000Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)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, RabatAttendance: 42,000Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon) 2 September 2017 (2017-09-02)17:00 UTC+1

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

Stade d'Angondjé, LibrevilleAttendance: 23,000Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)17:30 UTC±0

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

Stade Bouaké, BouakéAttendance: 12,948Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) 5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)19:00 UTC±0

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

Stade du 26 Mars, BamakoAttendance: 20,000Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)19:00 UTC±0

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

Stade du 26 Mars, BamakoAttendance: 8,960Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola) 7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)20:00 UTC+1

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

Stade Mohammed V, CasablancaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

11 November 2017 (2017-11-11)15:30 UTC+1

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

Stade de Franceville, FrancevilleAttendance: 8,700Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt) 11 November 2017 (2017-11-11)17:30 UTC±0

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

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, AbidjanAttendance: 32,000Referee: 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	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.

8 October 2016 (2016-10-08)18:00 UTC±0

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

Stade du 4 Août, OuagadougouAttendance: 35,000Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco) 8 October 2016 (2016-10-08)20:00 UTC±0

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

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, DakarAttendance: 53,000Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

12 November 2016 (2016-11-12)15:00 UTC+2

South Africa	Annulled	Senegal
Hlatshwayo 42' (pen.) Serero 45'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	N'Doye 75'

Peter Mokaba Stadium, PolokwaneAttendance: 26,179Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana) 12 November 2016 (2016-11-12)16:00 UTC−1

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

Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, PraiaAttendance: 5,000Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)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, PraiaAttendance: 4,000Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) 2 September 2017 (2017-09-02)20:00 UTC±0

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

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, DakarAttendance: 42,901Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)19:00 UTC+2

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

Moses Mabhida Stadium, DurbanAttendance: 15,000Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria) 5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)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, OuagadougouAttendance: 35,000Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)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, JohannesburgAttendance: 10,500Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon) 7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)16:30 UTC−1

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

Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, PraiaAttendance: 14,000Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)19:00 UTC+2

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

Peter Mokaba Stadium, PolokwaneAttendance: 40,000Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)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, OuagadougouAttendance: 7,000Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia) 14 November 2017 (2017-11-14)19:30 UTC±0

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

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, DakarAttendance: 50,000Referee: 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 (2016-10-07)15:30 UTC±0

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

Tamale Stadium, TamaleAttendance: 6,500Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan) 9 October 2016 (2016-10-09)15:30 UTC+1

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

Stade Municipal de Kintélé, BrazzavilleAttendance: 27,000Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)

12 November 2016 (2016-11-12)16:00 UTC+3

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

Mandela National Stadium, KampalaAttendance: 25,000Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) 13 November 2016 (2016-11-13)18:00 UTC+2

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

Borg El Arab Stadium, AlexandriaAttendance: 70,000Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)16:00 UTC+3

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

Mandela National Stadium, KampalaAttendance: 30,000Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania) 1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)15:30 UTC±0

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

Baba Yara Stadium, KumasiAttendance: 30,000Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)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, BrazzavilleAttendance: 14,379Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco) 5 September 2017 (2017-09-05)20:00 UTC+2

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

Borg El Arab Stadium, AlexandriaAttendance: 60,000Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)16:00 UTC+3

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

Mandela National Stadium, KampalaAttendance: 35,000Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa) 8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)16:00 UTC+2

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

Borg El Arab Stadium, AlexandriaAttendance: 86,000Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

12 November 2017 (2017-11-12)15:30 UTC+1

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

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, BrazzavilleAttendance: 1,002Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan) 12 November 2017 (2017-11-12)15:30 UTC±0

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

Cape Coast Stadium, Cape CoastAttendance: 14,000Referee: 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

^ 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.
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. 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: this decision was upheld by the FIFA Appeal Committee, and subsequently by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 6 September 2017.

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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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AFC	First round Second round Third round Fourth round (play-off)
CAF	First round Second round Third round
CONCACAF	First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Trinidad and Tobago v United States
CONMEBOL	Round robin
OFC	First round Second round (Nations Cup) Third round
UEFA	First round Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Group I Second round (play-offs)
Play-offs	CONCACAF v AFC OFC v CONMEBOL

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