The action around the CAF group phase on FRI 10-TUE 14 NOV 2017 decided who would join Egypt, Nigeria, and Senegal in Russia.

• Congo DR 03-01 Guinea: The match was level at 1-1 going into stoppage time, but the Leopards roared to life and took all three points through a penalty by Jonathan BOLINGI and a goal by Neeskens KEBANO. Congo DR also needed Tunisia to slip up in the other Group A match...
• Tunisia 00-00 Libya: ...and Libya keeper Mohamed NASHNUSH did his part by making five saves. But his counterpart, Aymen MATHLOUTHI, made three of his own. The goalless draw was enough to put the Carthage Eagles into their fifth Men’s World Cup.
• Côte d’Ivoire 00-02 Morocco: Midway through the first half, Morocco’s Nabil DIRAR and Medhi BENATIA scored five minutes apart, and the Atlas Lions did not look back. After a qualifying campaign in which they conceded a single goal – and none in their six Group C matches – Morocco return to the Men’s World Cup for the first time in twenty years.
• Qualified: Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia
• Eliminated: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Congo, Congo DR, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Libya, Mali, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia