Mohamed Salah scored twice as Egypt reached the World Cup with a 3-0 win over Djibouti – the third African side to book their place.
Egypt will play in a fourth World Cup, while the Cape Verde Islands and Ghana both took a step closer to joining them.
Liverpopol forward Salah scored twice after Ibrahim Adel opened the scoring as Egypt topped Group A, ahead of Burkina Faso who won 1-0 away over Sierra Leone.
Tiny Cape Verde will have to wait five more days, however, before getting a last chance to secure a first-ever World Cup spot after they drew 3-3 away in a thrilling Group D encounter in Libya.
Ghana, who reached the quarter-finals in 2010, maintained their three-point advantage over Madagascar in Group I as they beat the Central African Republic 5-0 in Meknes while the Malagasy won 2-1 over the Comoros Islands amid a torrential downpour in Abidjan.
Ghana only need a point from their last group fixture home to Comoros in Accra on Sunday.
Who has qualified for the World Cup?
UNITED STATES: Taking part as hosts
MEXICO: Taking part as hosts
CANADA: Taking part as hosts
JAPAN
NEW ZEALAND
IRAN
ARGENTINA
UZBEKISTAN
SOUTH KOREA
JORDAN
AUSTRALIA
BRAZIL
ECUADOR
URUGUAY
COLOMBIA
PARAGUAY
MOROCCO
TUNISIA
EGYPT
