1 2 3 Libya will play their home matches outside Libya due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.
↑ On 6 September 2017, the Emergency Bureau for the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers annulled the result of the 12 November 2016 match between Senegal and South Africa and ordered that it be replayed. Originally South Africa had defeated Senegal 2–1. Match referee Joseph Lamptey was banned for life by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 20 March 2017 for "unlawfully influencing" the match after issuing a penalty for handball against Senegal.[5] The decision was upheld by the FIFA Appeal Committee, and later the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 6 September 2017.[4]
