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Road to Russia 2018: A guide to the playoffs today and tomorrow

Senegal's forward Sadio Mane (R) celebrates with Senegal's forward Keita after scoring a goal during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group B football match between Senegal and Zimbabwe in Franceville on January 19, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI

The end of the multi-year quest that is World Cup qualifying is upon us, with the final nine berths set to be claimed over the next nine days.

Uefa’s playoff round, a pair of intercontinental playoffs and the outcome of three African groups will determine the remainder of the field, give us draw permutation fodder for the two weeks leading into the December 1 event in Moscow.

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