2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round

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 is 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 is 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 201618:30 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 201618:00 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 201620:00 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 201617:30 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 201717:00 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 201721:00 UTC+1

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

Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

4 September 201720:00 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 201718:30 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 201717:00 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 201718:00 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 201718:30 UTC+1

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

Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

11 November 201718:30 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 201614:30 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 201620:30 UTC+1

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

Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

12 November 201616:00 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 201617:00 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 201717:00 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 201715:00 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 201718:00 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 201720:30 UTC+1

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

Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui, Constantine

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

7 October 201717:00 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 201717:00 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 201720:30 UTC+1

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

Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui, Constantine

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

11 November 201715:00 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 201616:00 UTC+1

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

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

8 October 201618:00 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 201618:30 UTC±0

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

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

12 November 201620:00 UTC±0

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

Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

1 September 201721:00 UTC+1

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

Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

2 September 201717:00 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 201717:30 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 201719:00 UTC±0

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

Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

6 October 201719:00 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 201720:00 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 201715:30 UTC+1

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

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Attendance: 8,700

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

11 November 201717:30 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 201618:00 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 201620:00 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 201615:00 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 201616:00 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 201717:30 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 201720:00 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 201719:00 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 201718:00 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 201715:00 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 201716:30 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 201719:00 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 201719:30 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 201719:30 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 201615:30 UTC±0

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

Tamale Stadium, Tamale

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

9 October 201615:30 UTC+1

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

Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)

12 November 201616:00 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 201618:00 UTC+2

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

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

31 August 201716:00 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 201715:30 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 201715:30 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 201720:00 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 201716:00 UTC+3

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

Mandela National Stadium, Kampala

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

8 October 201719:00 UTC+2

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

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

12 November 201715:30 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 201715:30 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 (playing against Tunisia)
Ousmane Sidibé (playing against DR Congo)
Salif Coulibaly (playing against Ivory Coast)
Thamsanqa Mkhize (playing 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. This decision was confirmed by the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions on 14 September 2017.^[11] Originally South Africa had defeated Senegal 2–1. 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] The decision was upheld by the FIFA Appeal Committee, and later the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 6 September 2017.^[10]

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1 2 "South Africa vs. Senegal World Cup qualifier to be replayed in November". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 6 September 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.
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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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[table_note_ALG_NGA0.028212048592145-11] 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_SEN0.70949382042023-14] 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. This decision was confirmed by the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions on 14 September 2017.^[11] Originally South Africa had defeated Senegal 2–1. 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] The decision was upheld by the FIFA Appeal Committee, and later the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 6 September 2017.^[10]

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[regulations-8] "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com.

[nigeria_sanctioned-10] 1 2 "Latest decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee". FIFA.com. 12 December 2017.

[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. 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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