| Group A | P | GD | P |
| Tunisia | 6 | 11-4 | 14 |
| DR Congo | 6 | 14-7 | 13 |
| Libya | 6 | 4-10 | 4 |
| Guinea | 6 | 6-14 | 3 |
| Group B | P | GD | P |
| Nigeria | 6 | 12-4 | 14 |
| Zambia | 6 | 8-7 | 8 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 7-9 | 7 |
| Algeria | 6 | 4-11 | 2 |
| Group C | P | GD | P |
| Morocco | 6 | 11-0 | 12 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 7-5 | 8 |
| Gabon | 6 | 2-7 | 6 |
| Mali | 6 | 1-9 | 4 |
| Group D | P | GD | P |
| Senegal | 5 | 8-2 | 11 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 6-6 | 6 |
| Cape Verde | 5 | 4-8 | 6 |
| South Africa | 5 | 6-8 | 4 |
| Group E | P | GD | P |
| Egypt | 5 | 8-4 | 13 |
| Uganda | 5 | 3-2 | 9 |
| Ghana | 5 | 7-5 | 7 |
| Congo | 5 | 5-12 | 2 |
| Dato | Hjemme | Borte | Res |
| 07.10.2016 | Ghana | Uganda | 0-0 |
| 08.10.2016 | Senegal | K.Verde | 2-0 |
| 08.10.2016 | B.Faso | S.Africa | 1-1 |
| 08.10.2016 | Gabon | Morocco | 0-0 |
| 08.10.2016 | DR Congo | Libya | 4-0 |
| 08.10.2016 | Ivory Coast | Mali | 3-1 |
| 09.10.2016 | Congo | Egypt | 1-2 |
| 09.10.2016 | Tunisia | Guinea | 2-0 |
| 09.10.2016 | Zambia | Nigeria | 1-2 |
| 09.10.2016 | Algeria | Cameroon | 1-1 |
| 11.11.2016 | Libya | Tunisia | 0-1 |
| 12.11.2016 | C.Verde | B.Faso | 0-2 |
| 12.11.2016 | South-Africa | Senegal | x-x** |
| 12.11.2016 | Uganda | Kongo | 1-0 |
| 12.11.2016 | Mali | Gabon | 0-0 |
| 12.11.2016 | Libya | Tunisia | 0-1 |
| 12.11.2016 | Nigeria | Algerie | 3-1 |
| 12.11.2016 | Kamerun | Zambia | 1-1 |
| 12.11.2016 | Morrocco | Ivory Coast | 0-0 |
| 13.11.2016 | Egypt | Ghana | 2-0 |
| 13.11.2016 | Guinea | DR Kongo | 1-2 |
| *=FIFA ordered a replay of the South Africa v Senegal match (originaly 2-1) after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the lifetime ban of match referee Joseph Lamptey. | |||
| 31.08.2017 | Uganda | Egypt | 1-0 |
| 31.08.2017 | Guinea | Libya | 3-2 |
| 01.09.2017 | Ghana | Congo | 1-1 |
| 01.09.2017 | Nigeria | Cameroon | 4-0 |
| 01.09.2017 | K.Verde | S.Africa | 2-1 |
| 01.09.2017 | Tunisia | DR Congo | 2-1 |
| 01.09.2017 | Morocco | Mali | 6-0 |
| 02.09.2017 | Senegal | B.Faso | 0-0 |
| 02.09.2017 | Zambia | Algeria | 3-1 |
| 02.09.2017 | Gabon | Ivory Coast | 0-3 |
| 04.09.2017 | Cameroon | Nigeria | 1-1 |
| 04.09.2017 | Libya | Guinea | 1-0 |
| 05.09.2017 | Congo | Ghana | 1-5 |
| 05.09.2017 | S.Africa | K.Verde | 1-2 |
| 05.09.2017 | B.Faso | Senegal | 2-2 |
| 05.09.2017 | Egypt | Uganda | 1-0 |
| 05.09.2017 | Mali | Morocco | 0-0 |
| 05.09.2017 | DR Congo | Tunisia | 2-2 |
| 05.09.2017 | Ivory Coast | Gabon | 1-2 |
| 05.09.2017 | Algeria | Zambia | 0-1 |
| 06.10.2017 | Mali | Ivory Coast | 0-0 |
| 07.10.2017 | Uganda | Ghana | 0-0 |
| 07.10.2017 | S.Africa | B.Faso | 3-1 |
| 07.10.2017 | K.Verde | Senegal | 0-2 |
| 07.10.2017 | Morocco | Gabon | 3-0 |
| 07.10.2017 | Libya | DR Congo | 1-2 |
| 07.10.2017 | Guinea | Tunisia | 1-4 |
| 07.10.2017 | Nigeria | Zambia | 1-0 |
| 07.10.2017 | Cameroon | Algeria | 2-0 |
| 08.10.2017 | Egypt | Congo | 2-1 |
| 10.11.2017 | Algeria | Nigeria | 1-1 |
| 11.11.2017 | Gabon | Mali | 0-0 |
| 11.11.2017 | Zambia | Cameroon | 2-2 |
| 11.11.2017 | Ivory Coast | Morrocco | 0-2 |
| 11.11.2017 | Tunisia | Libya | 0-0 |
| 11.11.2017 | DR Congo | Guinea | 3-1 |
| 12.11.2017 | Congo | Uganda | 1-1 |
| 12.11.2017 | Ghana | Egypt | 1-1 |
| 14.11.2017 | B.Faso | C.Verde | x-x |
| 14.11.2017 | Senegal | S.Africa | x-x |
| Lag 1 | Lag 2 | #1 | #2 | Tot. |
| Niger | Cameroon | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-3 |
| Mauritania | Tunisia | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-4 |
| Namibia | Guinea | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
| Ethiopia | Congo | 3-4 | 1-2 | 4-6 |
| Chad | Egypt | 1-0 | 0-4 | 1-4 |
| Comoros | Ghana | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| Swaziland | Nigeria | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| Botswana | Mali | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-3 |
| Burundi | DR Congo | 2-3 | 0-3* | 2-6 |
| Liberia | Ivory Coast | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-4 |
| Madagascar | Senegal | 2-2 | 0-3 | 2-5 |
| Kenya | Cape Verde | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 |
| Tanzania | Algeria | 2-2 | 0-7 | 2-9 |
| Sudan | Zambia | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-3 |
| Libya | Rwanda | 1-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 |
| Morocco | Eq. Guinea | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
| Mozambique | Gabon | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1** |
| Benin | Burkina Faso | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-3 |
| Togo | Uganda | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-4 |
| Angola | South Africa | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-4 |
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* FIFA awarded Congo DR a 3–0 win as a result of Burundi fielding the ineligible player Gaël Bigirimana.The match originally ended 2–2. ** Gabon win penalty shoot out |
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| Qualification round 1 | ||||
| Lag 1 | Lag 2 | #1 | #2 | Tot |
| Somalia | Niger | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–6 |
| South Sudan | Mauritania | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 |
| Gambia | Namibia | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| São Tomé & Pr. | Ethiopia | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Chad | Sierra Leone | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 (a) |
| Comoros | Lesotho | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 (a) |
| Djibouti | Swaziland | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–8 |
| Eritrea | Botswana | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 |
| Seychelles | Burundi | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Liberia | Guinea-Bissau | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 |
| C.Af. Republic | Madagascar | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–5 |
| Mauritius | Kenya | 2–5 | 0–0 | 2–5 |
| Tanzania | Malawi | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |