2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Second Round

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The second round of CAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 11 to 17 November 2015.[1]

Format[]

A total of 40 teams (teams ranked 1–27 in the CAF entrant list and 13 first round winners) played home-and-away over two legs. The 20 winners advanced to the third round.

Seeding[]

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.[2][3][4]

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2015 (shown in parentheses).[5] The 27 direct qualifiers are seeded into three pots:

  • Pot 1 contained the teams ranked 1–13.
  • Pot 2 contained the teams ranked 14–20.
  • Pot 3 contained the teams ranked 21–27.

Each tie contained a team from Pot 1 and a first round winner (first 13 ties) which were automatically allocated into each tie (winner of first round tie 1 into second round tie 1, etc.), or a team from Pot 2 and a team from Pot 3 (last seven ties), with the team from Pot 1 or Pot 2 hosting the second leg. As the draw was held before the first round was played, the identities of the first round winners were not known at the time of the draw.

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the third round.

Pot 1 First round winners
  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)
  1.  Niger (96)
  2.  Ethiopia (101)
  3.  Namibia (114)
  4.  Kenya (116)
  5.  Botswana (120)
  6.  Madagascar (122)
  7.  Mauritania (128)
  8.  Burundi (131)
  9.  Swaziland (138)
  10.  Tanzania (139)
  11.  Liberia (161)
  12.  Chad (173)
  13.  Comoros (187)
Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.  Equatorial Guinea (63)
  2.  Gabon (65)
  3.  South Africa (70)
  4.  Zambia (71)
  5.  Burkina Faso (72)
  6.  Uganda (73)
  7.  Rwanda (78)
  1.  Togo (83)
  2.  Morocco (84)
  3.  Sudan (90)
  4.  Angola (92)
  5.  Mozambique (95)
  6.  Benin (96)
  7.  Libya (96)

Matches[]

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
Niger 0–3 Cameroon
Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
  • Mbia 36'
  • Aboubakar 39'
  • Salli 40'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Morocco)
Cameroon 0–0 Niger
Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Cameroon won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Mauritania 1–2 Tunisia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott
Attendance: 9,000
Tunisia 2–1 Mauritania
  • Ben Youssef 51'
  • Bguir 84'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
  • Cheikh Moulaye Ahmed 71'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: (Uganda)

Tunisia won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Namibia 0–1 Guinea
Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: (Morocco)
Guinea 2–0 Namibia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca (Morocco)[note 2]
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: (Ivory Coast)

Guinea won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Ethiopia 3–4 Congo
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Attendance: 30,000
Congo 2–1 Ethiopia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: (Sudan)

Congo won 6–4 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Chad 1–0 Egypt
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Nigeria)
Egypt 4–0 Chad
  • Elneny 5'
  • Said 10'
  • Hassan Mahgoub 36', 40'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Burundi)

Egypt won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Comoros 0–0 Ghana
Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: (Zimbabwe)
Ghana 2–0 Comoros
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 16,480
Referee: (Libya)

Ghana won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Swaziland 0–0 Nigeria
Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 5,918
Referee: (Benin)
Nigeria 2–0 Swaziland
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: (Namibia)

Nigeria won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Botswana 2–1 Mali
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
  • Sow 56'
Francistown Stadium, Francistown
Attendance: 26,223
Referee: (Comoros)
Mali 2–0 Botswana
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 15,000

Mali won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Burundi 2–3 DR Congo
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
  • Bolasie 5'
  • Mubele 86', 88'
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: (Swaziland)
DR Congo 3–0
Awarded[note 1]		 Burundi
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: (Eritrea)

DR Congo won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Liberia 0–1 Ivory Coast
Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
  • Cyriac 44'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: (Tunisia)
Ivory Coast 3–0 Liberia
  • Sio 16', 35'
  • Seri 64'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: (Congo)

Ivory Coast won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Madagascar 2–2 Senegal
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: (Rwanda)
Senegal 3–0 Madagascar
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Botswana)

Senegal won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Kenya 1–0 Cape Verde
  • Olunga 9'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: (Ivory Coast)
Cape Verde 2–0 Kenya
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Cape Verde won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Tanzania 2–2 Algeria
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
  • Slimani 72', 75'
Attendance: 37,913
Referee: (Mali)
Algeria 7–0 Tanzania
  • Brahimi 1'
  • Ghoulam 23', 59' (pen.)
  • Mahrez 43'
  • Slimani 49' (pen.), 75'
  • Medjani 72'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Algeria won 9–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Sudan 0–1 Zambia
Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 12,000
Zambia 2–0 Sudan
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 40,000

Zambia won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Libya 1–0 Rwanda
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Stade Olympique, Sousse (Tunisia)[note 3]
Attendance: 500
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
Rwanda 1–3 Libya
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: (Djibouti)

Libya won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Morocco 2–0 Equatorial Guinea
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Stade Adrar, Agadir
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
Equatorial Guinea 1–0 Morocco
  • Rui 14'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 20,000

Morocco won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Mozambique 1–0 Gabon
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 18,730
Referee: (Mauritius)
Gabon 1–0 (a.e.t.) Mozambique
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Penalties
 4–3
Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville
Attendance: 20,000

1–1 on aggregate. Gabon won the penalty shoot-out 4–3 and advanced to the third round.

Benin 2–1 Burkina Faso
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 17,000
Burkina Faso 2–0 Benin
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 21,212

Burkina Faso won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Togo 0–1 Uganda
Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: (Guinea)
Uganda 3–0 Togo
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 40,000

Uganda won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Angola 1–3 South Africa
  • Gelson 2'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Estadio Nacional de Ombaka, Benguela
Attendance: 25,000
South Africa 1–0 Angola
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)
Attendance: 17,152
Referee: (Kenya)

South Africa won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.

Goalscorers[]

There were 97 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 2.43 goals per match.

4 goals
  • Algeria Islam Slimani
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
  • Angola Manucho Diniz (against South Africa)
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Dieumerci Mbokani (against Burundi)

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b FIFA awarded Congo DR a 3–0 win as a result of Burundi fielding the ineligible player Gaël Bigirimana.[6] The match originally ended 2–2.
  2. ^ Guinea played their home leg in Morocco due to the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa.
  3. ^ Libya played their home leg in Tunisia due to the Libyan Civil War.

References[]

  1. ^ "CAF Calendar - CAF Calendar of Events and Meetings 2015". cafonline.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: Procedure for the preliminary draw". CAF. 21 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Draw Procedures – African Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Results of FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Preliminary Draw". CAF. 25 July 2015.
  5. ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking – July 2015 (CAF)". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ^ "DISCIPLINARY OVERVIEW – 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA™ QUALIFIERS" (PDF). FIFA. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

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