The top 20 ranked African national football teams will avoid each other in the first and second qualifying rounds for the 2018 World Cup, FIFA confirmed Thursday....
Group A
02/06/2012 15:00 Central Afr. Republic Central Afr. Republic - Botswana Botswana
03/06/2012 14:00 South Africa South Africa - Ethiopia Ethiopia
09/06/2012 14:00 Botswana Botswana - South Africa South Africa
10/06/2012 14:00 Ethiopia Ethiopia - Central Afr. Republic Central Afr. Republic
23/03/2013 18:15 South Africa South Africa - Central Afr. Republic Central Afr. Republic
24/03/2013 13:00 Ethiopia Ethiopia - Botswana Botswana
08/06/2013 14:00 Botswana Botswana - Ethiopia Ethiopia
08/06/2013 15:00 Central Afr. Republic Central Afr. Republic - South Africa South Africa
15/06/2013 14:00 Botswana Botswana - Central Afr. Republic Central Afr. Republic
16/06/2013 14:00 Ethiopia Ethiopia - South Africa South Africa
07/09/2013 14:30 South Africa South Africa - Botswana Botswana
07/09/2013 14:30 Central Afr. Republic Central Afr. Republic - Ethiopia Ethiopia
Group B
02/06/2012 17:30 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone - Cape Verde Cape Verde
02/06/2012 18:00 Tunisia Tunisia - Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
09/06/2012 18:00 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea - Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
09/06/2012 18:30 Cape Verde Cape Verde - Tunisia Tunisia
23/03/2013 18:10 Tunisia Tunisia - Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
24/03/2013 16:00 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea - Cape Verde Cape Verde
08/06/2013 17:30 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone - Tunisia Tunisia
08/06/2013 18:30 Cape Verde Cape Verde - Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
15/06/2013 18:30 Cape Verde Cape Verde - Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
16/06/2013 17:00 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea - Tunisia Tunisia
07/09/2013 17:30 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone - Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
07/09/2013 19:45 Tunisia Tunisia - Cape Verde Cape Verde
Group C
02/06/2012 17:30 Gambia Gambia - Morocco Morocco
02/06/2012 18:00 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast - Tanzania Tanzania
09/06/2012 21:00 Morocco Morocco - Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
10/06/2012 14:00 Tanzania Tanzania - Gambia Gambia
23/03/2013 17:00 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast - Gambia Gambia
24/03/2013 12:00 Tanzania Tanzania - Morocco Morocco
08/06/2013 17:30 Gambia Gambia - Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
08/06/2013 21:00 Morocco Morocco - Tanzania Tanzania
15/06/2013 21:00 Morocco Morocco - Gambia Gambia
16/06/2013 13:00 Tanzania Tanzania - Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
07/09/2013 17:30 Gambia Gambia - Tanzania Tanzania
07/09/2013 18:00 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast - Morocco Morocco
Group D
01/06/2012 18:00 Ghana Ghana - Lesotho Lesotho
02/06/2012 18:00 Sudan Sudan - Zambia Zambia
09/06/2012 14:00 Zambia Zambia - Ghana Ghana
10/06/2012 14:00 Lesotho Lesotho - Sudan Sudan
24/03/2013 13:00 Lesotho Lesotho - Zambia Zambia
24/03/2013 16:00 Ghana Ghana - Sudan Sudan
07/06/2013 18:00 Sudan Sudan - Ghana Ghana
08/06/2013 14:00 Zambia Zambia - Lesotho Lesotho
15/06/2013 14:00 Zambia Zambia - Sudan Sudan
16/06/2013 14:00 Lesotho Lesotho - Ghana Ghana
06/09/2013 17:00 Ghana Ghana - Zambia Zambia
08/09/2013 18:00 Sudan Sudan - Lesotho Lesotho
Group E
02/06/2012 19:00 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso - Congo Congo
03/06/2012 16:00 Niger Niger - Gabon Gabon
09/06/2012 15:30 Gabon Gabon - Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
09/06/2012 15:30 Congo Congo - Niger Niger
23/03/2013 14:30 Congo Congo - Gabon Gabon
23/03/2013 18:00 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso - Niger Niger
08/06/2013 15:30 Gabon Gabon - Congo Congo
09/06/2013 16:00 Niger Niger - Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
15/06/2013 15:30 Congo Congo - Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
15/06/2013 16:00 Gabon Gabon - Niger Niger
07/09/2013 16:30 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso - Gabon Gabon
07/09/2013 16:30 Niger Niger - Congo Congo
Group F
02/06/2012 14:00 Kenya Kenya - Malawi Malawi
03/06/2012 16:00 Nigeria Nigeria - Namibia Namibia
09/06/2012 13:30 Malawi Malawi - Nigeria Nigeria
09/06/2012 18:00 Namibia Namibia - Kenya Kenya
23/03/2013 15:00 Nigeria Nigeria - Kenya Kenya
23/03/2013 15:00 Namibia Namibia - Malawi Malawi
05/06/2013 13:30 Malawi Malawi - Namibia Namibia
05/06/2013 14:00 Kenya Kenya - Nigeria Nigeria
12/06/2013 13:30 Malawi Malawi - Kenya Kenya
12/06/2013 20:00 Namibia Namibia - Nigeria Nigeria
07/09/2013 16:00 Nigeria Nigeria - Malawi Malawi
08/09/2013 14:00 Kenya Kenya - Namibia Namibia
Group G
01/06/2012 19:00 Egypt Egypt - Mozambique Mozambique
03/06/2012 14:00 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe - Guinea Guinea
10/06/2012 14:00 Mozambique Mozambique - Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
10/06/2012 18:00 Guinea Guinea - Egypt Egypt
24/03/2013 13:00 Mozambique Mozambique - Guinea Guinea
26/03/2013 17:00 Egypt Egypt - Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
09/06/2013 14:00 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe - Egypt Egypt
09/06/2013 18:00 Guinea Guinea - Mozambique Mozambique
16/06/2013 14:00 Mozambique Mozambique - Egypt Egypt
16/06/2013 18:00 Guinea Guinea - Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
08/09/2013 14:00 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe - Mozambique Mozambique
10/09/2013 15:00 Egypt Egypt - Guinea Guinea
Group H
02/06/2012 20:30 Algeria Algeria - Rwanda Rwanda
03/06/2012 16:00 Benin Benin - Mali Mali
10/06/2012 14:30 Rwanda Rwanda - Benin Benin
10/06/2012 20:00 Mali Mali - Algeria Algeria
24/03/2013 13:30 Rwanda Rwanda - Mali Mali
26/03/2013 19:30 Algeria Algeria - Benin Benin
09/06/2013 16:00 Benin Benin - Algeria Algeria
09/06/2013 19:00 Mali Mali - Rwanda Rwanda
16/06/2013 14:30 Rwanda Rwanda - Algeria Algeria
16/06/2013 19:00 Mali Mali - Benin Benin
08/09/2013 16:00 Benin Benin - Rwanda Rwanda
10/09/2013 20:30 Algeria Algeria - Mali Mali
Group I
02/06/2012 15:30 Cameroon Cameroon - Congo DR Congo DR
03/06/2012 16:30 Togo Togo - Libya Libya
10/06/2012 15:30 Congo DR Congo DR - Togo Togo
10/06/2012 17:00 Libya Libya - Cameroon Cameroon
23/03/2013 14:30 Cameroon Cameroon - Togo Togo
24/03/2013 14:30 Congo DR Congo DR - Libya Libya
07/06/2013 16:30 Libya Libya - Congo DR Congo DR
09/06/2013 16:30 Togo Togo - Cameroon Cameroon
14/06/2013 17:00 Libya Libya - Togo Togo
16/06/2013 15:30 Congo DR Congo DR - Cameroon Cameroon
08/09/2013 15:30 Cameroon Cameroon - Libya Libya
08/09/2013 16:30 Togo Togo - Congo DR Congo DR
Group J
02/06/2012 19:00 Senegal Senegal - Liberia Liberia
03/06/2012 16:00 Angola Angola - Uganda Uganda
09/06/2012 14:00 Uganda Uganda - Senegal Senegal
10/06/2012 17:00 Liberia Liberia - Angola Angola
23/03/2013 17:00 Senegal Senegal - Angola Angola
24/03/2013 16:00 Liberia Liberia - Uganda Uganda
08/06/2013 14:00 Uganda Uganda - Liberia Liberia
08/06/2013 16:00 Angola Angola - Senegal Senegal
15/06/2013 14:00 Uganda Uganda - Angola Angola
16/06/2013 17:00 Liberia Liberia - Senegal Senegal
07/09/2013 16:00 Angola Angola - Liberia Liberia
07/09/2013 21:00 Senegal Senegal - Uganda Uganda
3. Round
12/10/2013 17:00 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso - Algeria Algeria
12/10/2013 18:00 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast - Senegal Senegal
13/10/2013 14:00 Ethiopia Ethiopia - Nigeria Nigeria
13/10/2013 18:00 Tunisia Tunisia - Cameroon Cameroon
15/10/2013 17:00 Ghana Ghana - Egypt Egypt
16/11/2013 15:00 Nigeria Nigeria - Ethiopia Ethiopia
16/11/2013 19:00 Senegal Senegal - Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
17/11/2013 14:00 Cameroon Cameroon - Tunisia Tunisia
19/11/2013 16:00 Egypt Egypt - Ghana Ghana
19/11/2013 18:15 Algeria Algeria - Burkina Faso Burkina Faso