All African Qualifiers for 2018 World Cup Third Round Confirmed
The final second-leg matches of the second round of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers in Africa concluded on Tuesday, confirming the 20 nations progressing to the group stage.
**Highlights from Tuesday’s matches include:**
* **Algeria** dismantled **Tanzania** 7-0 at home, overturning a 2-2 first-leg draw with goals from Brahimi, Mahrez, Ghoulam (2), Slimani (2), and Medjani.
* **Mali** recovered from a 2-1 first-leg defeat to **Botswana**, winning 2-0 in Bamako.
* **Ghana** beat **Comoros** 2-0, while **Nigeria** defeated **Swaziland** 2-0.
* **Egypt** routed **Chad** 4-0, capitalizing on the visitors’ late arrival.
* **Tunisia**, **South Africa**, and **Ivory Coast** all secured comfortable victories over Mauritania (2-1), Angola (1-0), and Liberia (3-0), respectively.
**Other second-leg results:**
* Rwanda 1-3 Libya (agg. 1-4)
* Cameroon 0-0 Niger (agg. 3-0)
* Congo 2-1 Ethiopia (agg. 4-3)
* Burkina Faso 2-0 Benin (agg. 3-2)
* Cape Verde 2-0 Kenya (agg. 2-1)
* Senegal 3-0 Madagascar (agg. 5-2)
* Uganda 3-0 Togo (agg. 4-0)
* Gabon 1-0 Mozambique (4-3 pens, agg. 1-1)
* Zambia 2-0 Sudan (agg. 3-0)
* DR Congo 2-2 Burundi (agg. 5-4)
* Equatorial Guinea 1-0 Morocco (agg. 1-2)
* Guinea 2-0 Namibia (agg. 3-0)
**Final list of African qualifiers for the third round (group stage):**
Senegal, Cape Verde, Mali, Gabon, Uganda, Congo, South Africa, Egypt, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Zambia, DR Congo, Morocco, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Libya.
FIFA has yet to announce the draw for the group stage, which is scheduled to begin in October 2016.
