2018 WCQ: African heavyweights go through

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 didnt 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 nights 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.

Africas 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.