2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF first round#Goalscorers

A total of 26 teams (teams ranked 28–53 in the CAF entrant list) played home-and-away over two legs. The 13 winners advanced to the second round.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=gNY8Rt6S6fALnMUkOsu3oA%3d%3d|title=FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: Procedure for the preliminary draw|publisher=CAF|date=21 July 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/preliminarydraw/02/66/70/92/africa_drawprocedures_neutral.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725014519/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/preliminarydraw/02/66/70/92/africa_drawprocedures_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 July 2015|title=Draw Procedures – African Zone|publisher=FIFA.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=B13xFtaCEa74gsyZcugvpA%3d%3d|title=Results of FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Preliminary Draw|publisher=CAF|date=25 July 2015}}

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2015 (shown in parentheses).{{cite web|title=FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking – July 2015 (CAF) |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=252/caf.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713135612/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=252/caf.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 July 2015 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=9 July 2015 |accessdate=9 July 2015}} The 26 teams are seeded into two pots:

• Pot 4 contained the teams ranked 1–13 (i.e., 28–40 in the CAF entrant list).
• Pot 5 contained the teams ranked 14–26 (i.e., 41–53 in the CAF entrant list).

Each tie contained a team from Pot 4 and a team from Pot 5, with the team from Pot 4 hosting the second leg.

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round.

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|time=15:30 UTC+3

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|attendance=5,000

|referee=Haithem Kossaï (Tunisia)

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|id=Niger v Somalia

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|time=16:00 UTC+1

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|score=4–0

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|goals1=

• Cissé {{goal|13||67}}
• Maâzou {{goal|18||32}}

|goals2=

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|attendance=7,000

|referee=Falou Galasse Kane (Senegal)

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Niger won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Cameroon.

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|id=South Sudan v Mauritania

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|time=16:30 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|SSD|2011}}

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|team2={{fb|MTN|1959}}

|goals1=

• Abui Pretino {{goal|5}}

|goals2=

• Bagili {{goal|3}}

|stadium=Juba Stadium, Juba

|attendance=10,000

|referee=Rajab Bakasambe (Uganda)

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|id=Mauritania v South Sudan

|date={{Start date|2015|10|13|df=y}}

|time=17:00 UTC±0

|team1={{fb-rt|MTN|1959}}

|score=4–0

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|goals1=

• Ahmed {{goal|3}}
• Bagili {{goal|61}}
• M. Samba {{goal|84}}
• Diakité {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

|attendance=9,000

|referee=Fidel Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)

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Mauritania won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Tunisia.

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|id=Gambia v Namibia

|date={{Start date|2015|10|9|df=y}}

|time=17:00 UTC±0

|team1={{fb-rt|GAM}}

|score=1–1

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|goals1=

• Jammeh {{goal|78}}

|goals2=

• Stephanus {{goal|61}}

|stadium=Independence Stadium, Bakau

|attendance=12,000

|referee=Ousmane Karembe (Mali)

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|id=Namibia v Gambia

|date={{Start date|2015|10|13|df=y}}

|time=16:00 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|NAM}}

|score=2–1

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|team2={{fb|GAM}}

|goals1=

• Stephanus {{goal|42}}
• Somaeb {{goal|64}}

|goals2=

• Dibba {{goal|9}}

|stadium=Sam Nujoma Stadium, Windhoek

|attendance=4,000

|referee=Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

}}

Namibia won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Guinea.

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|id=São Tomé and Príncipe v Ethiopia

|date={{Start date|2015|10|8|df=y}}

|time=15:00 UTC±0

|team1={{fb-rt|STP}}

|score=1–0

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|team2={{fb|ETH}}

|goals1=

• Leal {{goal|86}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé

|attendance=4,550

|referee=Alhadi Mahamat (Chad)

}}

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|id=Ethiopia v São Tomé and Príncipe

|date={{Start date|2015|10|11|df=y}}

|time=16:00 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|ETH}}

|score=3–0

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|team2={{fb|STP}}

|goals1=

• Fekadu {{goal|1}}
• Panom {{goal|47|pen.}}
• Lok {{goal|74}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

|attendance=23,840

|referee=Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)

}}

Ethiopia won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Congo.

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|id=Chad v Sierra Leone

|date={{Start date|2015|10|10|df=y}}

|time=15:30 UTC+1

|team1={{fb-rt|CHA}}

|score=1–0

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|team2={{fb|SLE}}

|goals1=

• Djimrangar {{goal|47}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena

|attendance=2,664

|referee=Kokou Fagla (Togo)

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|id=Sierra Leone v Chad

|date={{Start date|2015|10|13|df=y}}

|time=15:00 UTC+1

|team1={{fb-rt|SLE}}

|score=2–1

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|team2={{fb|CHA}}

|goals1=

• Kamara {{goal|70}}
• Sesay {{goal|81}}

|goals2=

• Djimrangar {{goal|45+2}}

|stadium=Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt (Nigeria){{refn|Sierra Leone played their home leg in Nigeria due to the Western African Ebola virus epidemic.|group="note"|name="SLE"}}

|attendance=100

|referee=Aboubacar Bangoura (Guinea)

}}

2–2 on aggregate. Chad won on the away goals rule and advanced to the second round against Egypt.

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|id=Comoros v Lesotho

|date={{Start date|2015|10|7|df=y}}

|time=15:00 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|Comoros}}

|score=0–0

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|team2={{fb|LES}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stade de Moroni, Moroni

|attendance=2,800

|referee=Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

}}

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|id=Lesotho v Comoros

|date={{Start date|2015|10|13|df=y}}

|time=18:00 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|LES}}

|score=1–1

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|team2={{fb|COM}}

|goals1=

• Seturumane {{goal|18}}

|goals2=

• M'Changama {{goal|70}}

|stadium=Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

|attendance=480

|referee=Samuel Chirindza (Mozambique)

}}

1–1 on aggregate. Comoros won on the away goals rule and advanced to the second round against Ghana.

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|id=Djibouti v Swaziland

|date={{Start date|2015|10|9|df=y}}

|time=16:00 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|DJI}}

|score=0–6

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|team2={{fb|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

• Mkhontfo {{goal|45}}
• Ndzinisa {{goal|61}}
• S. Dlamini {{goal|74}}
• Hlatjwako {{goal|76}}
• T. Tsabedze {{goal|83}}
• Lukhele {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Stade National El-Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Djibouti

|attendance=10,050

|referee=Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

}}

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|id=Swaziland v Djibouti

|date={{Start date|2015|10|17|df=y}}{{refn|Swaziland v Djibouti were to originally kick off on 13 October 2015, 19:00 UTC+3, but has been postponed to 17 October 2015, due to the inability of Djibouti's national team to arrive on time for the game.{{cite web|url=http://www.completesportsnigeria.com/swaziland-djibouti-wcup-qualifier-postponed/|title=Swaziland, Djibouti W/Cup Qualifier Postponed|publisher=Complete Sports|date=13 October 2015}}|group="note"|name="SWZvDJI"}}

|time=16:00 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|SWZ|name=Swaziland}}

|score=2–1

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|team2={{fb|DJI}}

|goals1=

• Hlatjwako {{goal|7||38}}

|goals2=

• Liban {{goal|21}}

|stadium=Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

|attendance=2,141

|referee=Ganesh Chutooree (Mauritius)

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Swaziland won 8–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Nigeria.

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|id=Eritrea v Botswana

|date={{Start date|2015|10|10|df=y}}

|time=16:00 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|ERI}}

|score=0–2

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|team2={{fb|BOT}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

• Moyana {{goal|22}}
• Mogorosi {{goal|64}}

|stadium=Cicero Stadium, Asmara

|attendance=9,950

|referee=Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

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|id=Botswana v Eritrea

|date={{Start date|2015|10|13|df=y}}

|time=20:00 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|BOT}}

|score=3–1

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|team2={{fb|ERI}}

|goals1=

• Ngele {{goal|15||79}}
• Mogorosi {{goal|21}}

|goals2=

• Goitom {{goal|9}}

|stadium=Francistown Stadium, Francistown

|attendance=15,073

|referee=Nelson Fred (Seychelles)

}}

Botswana won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Mali.

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|id=Seychelles v Burundi

|date={{Start date|2015|10|7|df=y}}

|time=16:30 UTC+4

|team1={{fb-rt|SEY}}

|score=0–1

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|team2={{fb|BDI}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

• Abdul Razak {{goal|15}}

|stadium=People's Stadium, Roche Caiman

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Lemma Nigussie (Ethiopia)

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|id=Burundi v Seychelles

|date={{Start date|2015|10|13|df=y}}

|time=15:00 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|BDI}}

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fb|SEY}}

|goals1=

• Abdul Razak {{goal|71|pen.|81}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

|attendance=6,095

|referee=Hafiz Abdelghani Alamen (Sudan)

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Burundi won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against DR Congo.

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|id=Liberia v Guinea-Bissau

|date={{Start date|2015|10|8|df=y}}

|time=16:00 UTC±0

|team1={{fb-rt|LBR}}

|score=1–1

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|team2={{fb|GNB}}

|goals1=

• Jebor {{goal|35|pen.}}

|goals2=

• Baldé {{goal|62}}

|stadium=Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia

|attendance=10,100

|referee=Fabrício Duarte (Cape Verde)

}}

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|id=Guinea-Bissau v Liberia

|date={{Start date|2015|10|13|df=y}}

|time=16:00 UTC±0

|team1={{fb-rt|GNB}}

|score=1–3

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|team2={{fb|LBR}}

|goals1=

• Cassamá {{goal|45+2}}

|goals2=

• Jebor {{goal|9||12||90+5}}

|stadium=Estádio 24 de Setembro, Bissau

|attendance=12,000

|referee=Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)

}}

Liberia won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Ivory Coast.

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|id=Central African Republic v Madagascar

|date={{Start date|2015|10|10|df=y}}

|time=14:30 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|CTA}}

|score=0–3

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|team2={{fb|MAD}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

• Rabeson {{goal|26}}
• Rakotoharimalala {{goal|39}}
• Paul {{goal|66}}

|stadium=Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo (Madagascar){{refn|The Central African Republic played their home leg in Madagascar due to the Central African Republic Civil War.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=9/news=qualifying-match-between-central-african-republic-and-madagascar-resch-2702896.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001154256/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=9/news=qualifying-match-between-central-african-republic-and-madagascar-resch-2702896.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 October 2015|title=Qualifying match between Central African Republic and Madagascar rescheduled|publisher=FIFA.com|date=30 September 2015}}|group="note"|name="CTA"}}

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Madagascar v Central African Republic

|date={{Start date|2015|10|13|df=y}}

|time=14:30 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|MAD}}

|score=2–2

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|team2={{fb|CTA}}

|goals1=

• Ramanamahefa {{goal|18}}
• Andrianantenaina {{goal|37}}

|goals2=

• Dagoulou {{goal|7}}
• Malick {{goal|45+1}}

|stadium=Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

}}

Madagascar won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Senegal.

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{{Football box

|id=Mauritius v Kenya

|date={{Start date|2015|10|7|df=y}}

|time=18:30 UTC+4

|team1={{fb-rt|MRI}}

|score=2–5

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|team2={{fb|KEN}}

|goals1=

• Sophie {{goal|67|pen.}}
• Bru {{goal|78}}

|goals2=

• Omolo {{goal|19||82}}
• Masika {{goal|23}}
• Shakava {{goal|49}}
• Olunga {{goal|87}}

|stadium=Anjalay Stadium, Belle Vue Harel

|attendance=2,300

|referee=Duncan Lengani (Malawi)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Kenya v Mauritius

|date={{Start date|2015|10|11|df=y}}

|time=16:00 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|KEN}}

|score=0–0

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|team2={{fb|MRI}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi

|attendance=10,000

|referee=Mandeng Cosmas (Cameroon)

}}

Kenya won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Cape Verde.

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{{Football box

|id=Tanzania v Malawi

|date={{Start date|2015|10|7|df=y}}

|time=16:00 UTC+3

|team1={{fb-rt|TAN}}

|score=2–0

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|team2={{fb|MWI}}

|goals1=

• Samatta {{goal|19}}
• Ulimwengu {{goal|23}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

|attendance=11,474

|referee=Hagi Wiish (Somalia)

}}

{{Football box

|id=Malawi v Tanzania

|date={{Start date|2015|10|11|df=y}}

|time=14:00 UTC+2

|team1={{fb-rt|MWI}}

|score=1–0

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|team2={{fb|TAN}}

|goals1=

• Banda {{goal|42}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

|attendance=7,656

|referee=Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

}}

Tanzania won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Algeria.

{{Goalscorers

|goals=68 |matches=26

|4 goals=

• {{fbicon|LBR}} William Jebor
• {{fbicon|NIG}} Moussa Maâzou

|3 goals=

• {{fbicon|BDI}} Fiston Abdul Razak
• {{fbicon|SWZ}} Sandile Hlatjwako

|2 goals=

• {{fbicon|BOT}} Joel Mogorosi
• {{fbicon|BOT}} Mogakolodi Ngele
• {{fbicon|CHA}} Léger Djimrangar
• {{fbicon|KEN}} Johanna Omolo
• {{fbicon|MTN|1959}} Boubacar Bagili
• {{fbicon|NAM}} Willy Stephanus
• {{fbicon|NIG}} Mahamane Cissé

|1 goal=

• {{fbicon|BOT}} Galabgwe Moyana
• {{fbicon|CTA}} Eudes Dagoulou
• {{fbicon|CTA}} Demba Malick
• {{fbicon|COM}} Mohamed M'Changama
• {{fbicon|DJI}} Mohamed Liban
• {{fbicon|ERI}} Henok Goitom
• {{fbicon|ETH}} Dawit Fekadu
• {{fbicon|ETH}} Ramkel Lok
• {{fbicon|ETH}} Gatoch Panom
• {{fbicon|GAM}} Pa Dibba
• {{fbicon|GAM}} Abdou Jammeh
• {{fbicon|GNB}} Amido Baldé
• {{fbicon|GNB}} Ibraime Cassamá
• {{fbicon|KEN}} Ayub Masika
• {{fbicon|KEN}} Michael Olunga
• {{fbicon|KEN}} Haron Shakava
• {{fbicon|LES}} Tsepo Seturumane
• {{fbicon|MAD}} Abel Andrianantenaina
• {{fbicon|MAD}} Johann Paul
• {{fbicon|MAD}} Michael Rabeson
• {{fbicon|MAD}} Njiva Rakotoharimalala
• {{fbicon|MAD}} Falimery Ramanamahefa
• {{fbicon|MWI}} John Banda
• {{fbicon|MTN|1959}} Cheikh Moulaye Ahmed
• {{fbicon|MTN|1959}} Ismaël Diakité
• {{fbicon|MTN|1959}} Moussa Samba
• {{fbicon|MRI}} Jonathan Bru
• {{fbicon|MRI}} Andy Sophie
• {{fbicon|NAM}} Hendrik Somaeb
• {{fbicon|STP}} Luís Leal
• {{fbicon|SLE}} Alhaji Kamara
• {{fbicon|SLE}} Abdul Sesay
• {{fbicon|SSD|2011}} Dominic Abui Pretino
• {{fbicon|SWZ}} Saneliso Dlamini
• {{fbicon|SWZ}} Mxolisi Lukhele
• {{fbicon|SWZ}} Mthunzi Mkhontfo
• {{fbicon|SWZ}} Sabelo Ndzinisa
• {{fbicon|SWZ}} Tony Tsabedze
• {{fbicon|TAN}} Mbwana Samatta
• {{fbicon|TAN}} Thomas Ulimwengu

}}

{{reflist|group=note}}

{{reflist}}

• {{Official website|https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/index.html|Official FIFA World Cup website}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071118121242/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/index.html#276416 Qualifiers – Africa: Round 1], FIFA.com
• [http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/fifawc2018/home 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Qualifiers], CAFonline.com

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