Mohamed Salah scored twice to help Egypt reach the World Cup with a 3-0 win over Djibouti – the third African team to book their place.
Egypt will be playing in a fourth World Cup, while the Cape Verde Islands and Ghana are both moving closer to joining.
Liverpopol striker Salah scored twice after Ibrahim Adel opened the scoring, putting Egypt top of Group A, ahead of Burkina Faso who won 1-0 away to Sierra Leone.
Little Cape Verde, however, will have to wait five more days for a final chance to clinch their first ever World Cup berth after a 3-3 away draw 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 by beating the Central African Republic 5-0 in Meknes while the Malagasy won 2-1 against Comoros amid a torrential downpour in Abidjan.
Ghana need just a point in their final group match at home against Comoros in Accra on Sunday.
Who qualified for the World Cup?
UNITED STATES: Participate as hosts
MEXICO: participate as host
CANADA: Participate as host
JAPAN
NEW ZEALAND
IRAN
ARGENTINA
UZBEKISTAN
SOUTH KOREA
JORDAN
AUSTRALIA
BRAZIL
ECUADOR
URUGUAY
COLOMBIA
PARAGUAY
MOROCCO
TUNISIA
EGYPT
