While 13 African countries have already had to say goodbye to their dream of competing in the 2018 Fifa World Cup Russia, 27 others join a race this week that will end with the ultimate prize of participation on the grandest football stage of all.
The 40 teams remaining in the African qualifying competition were drawn into 20 pairings, with the winners of the two-legged ties advancing to the group stages.
Fixtures
Tomorrow: Madagascar v Senegal (13:30), Comoros v Ghana (14:00), Kenya v Cape Verde Islands (15:00), Libya v Rwanda (15:30), Angola v South Africa (16:30), Niger v Cameroon (17:00), Liberia v Côte d’Ivoire (18:00), Mauritania v Tunisia (19:00), Swaziland v Nigeria (19:00).
Saturday: Ethiopia v Congo (15:00), Tanzania v Algeria (15:30), Botswana v Mali (16:00), Chad v Egypt (16:30), Gabon v Mozambique (19:00).
Sunday: Uganda v Togo (15:00), Zambia v Sudan (15:00), Congo DR v Burundi (16:30), Equatorial Guinea v Morocco (17:00), Guinea v Namibia (20:00). — Fifa.com



