The second round of African qualifying for the 2018 World Cup was wrapped up on Tuesday with 14 matches across the continent.
Six teams had already booked their places in the next round – Guinea, DR Congo, Zambia, Morocco, Gabon and Uganda – leaving 28 teams to battle over the remaining places in the third and final round.
The first match of the day saw Libya confirm their progression with a 3-1 win over Rwanda – the only away win of the day – while Cameroon were held 0-0 by Niger at home, but still advanced on the strength of a 3-0 win in the first leg.
Heavyweights Ghana, Egypt and Nigeria claimed comfortable home wins against Comoros (2-0), Chad (4-0) and Swaziland (2-0) respectively to ensure they didn’t suffer surprise exits after disappointing first leg results.
Ivory Coast, Congo and Tunisia claimed home wins to confirm their progression, as did South Africa, who needed an own goal to overcome Angola 1-0, having done all the hard work in the tie in the 3-1 win in Benguela last week.
Burkina Faso turned around their tie against Benin, winning 2-0 in Ouagadougou, while Algeria claimed the night’s headline result by thrashing 10-man Tanzania 7-0 in Blida, emphatically erasing any doubts over their progression after an underwhelming showing in the first leg.
The late games saw Senegal crush Madagascar 3-0 in Dakar to advance 5-2 on aggregate, Mali turned around their tie with Botswana, winning 2-0 in Bamako to progress 3-2 on aggregate, while Cape Verde achieved the same feat against Kenya, with a 2-0 win in Praia seeing them take the tie 2-1 on aggregate.
Africa’s Round Two 2018 World Cup qualifier results
13 November 2015 – Niger 0-3 Cameroon
17 November 2015 – Cameroon 0-0 Niger
Cameroon won 3-0 on aggregate
13 November 2015 – Mauritania 1-2 Tunisia
17 November 2015 – Tunisia 2-1 Mauritania
Tunisia won 4-2 on aggregate
12 November 2015 – Namibia 0-1 Guinea
15 November 2015 – Guinea 2-0 Namibia
Guinea won 3-0 on aggregate
14 November 2015 – Ethiopia 3-4 Congo
17 November 2015 – Congo 2-1 Ethiopia
Congo won 6-4 on aggregate
14 November 2015 – Chad 1-0 Egypt
17 November 2015 – Egypt 4-0 Chad
Egypt won 4-1 on aggregate
13 November 2015 – Comoros 0-0 Ghana
17 November 2015 – Ghana 2-0 Comoros
Ghana won 2-0 on aggregate
13 November 2015 – Swaziland 0-0 Nigeria
17 November 2015 – Nigeria 2-0 Swaziland
Nigeria won 2-0 on aggregate
14 November 2015 – Botswana 2-1 Mali
17 November 2015 – Mali 2-0 Botswana
Mali won 3-2 on aggregate
12 November 2015 – Burundi 2-3 DR Congo
15 November 2015 – DR Congo 2-2 Burundi
DR Congo won 5-4 on aggregate
13 November 2015 – Liberia 0-1 Ivory Coast
17 November 2015 – Ivory Coast 3-0 Liberia
Ivory Coast won 4-0 on aggregate
13 November 2015 – Madagascar 2-2 Senegal
17 November 2015 – Senegal 3-0 Madagascar
Senegal won 5-2 on aggregate
13 November 2015 – Kenya 1-0 Cape Verde
17 November 2015 – Cape Verde v 2-0 Kenya
Cape Verde won 2-1 on aggregate
14 November 2015 – Tanzania 2-2 Algeria
17 November 2015 – Algeria 7-0 Tanzania
Algeria won 9-2 on aggregate
11 November 2015 – Sudan 0-1 Zambia
15 November 2015 – Zambia 2-0 Sudan
Zambia won 3-0 on aggregate
13 November 2015 – Libya 1-0 Rwanda
17 November 2015 – Rwanda 1-3 Libya
Libya won 4-1 on aggregate
12 November 2015 – Morocco 2-0 Equatorial Guinea
15 November 2015 – Equatorial Guinea 1-0 Morocco
Morocco won 2-1 on aggregate
11 November 2015 – Mozambique 1-0 Gabon
14 November 2105 – Gabon 1-0 Mozambique
1-1 on aggregate; Gabon won 4-3 on penalties
12 November 2015 – Benin 2-1 Burkina Faso
17 November 2015 – Burkina Faso 2-0 Benin
Burkina Faso won 3-2 on aggregate
12 November 2015 – Togo 0-1 Uganda
15 November 2015 – Uganda 3-0 Togo
Uganda won 4-0 on aggregate
13 November 2015 – Angola 1-3 South Africa
17 November 2015 – South Africa 1-0 Angola
South Africa won 4-1 on aggregate
The 20 winners progress into Round Three, where they will be divided up into five groups of four teams each.
The group stage will consist of home and away matches on a round-robin basis, and the five group winners will qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.