With a team in reconstruction, Cameroon will not have an easy task before the Fennecs of Algeria, the best football team of the African continent. Algeria, which is given grand favorite, is the first that will provide hospitality for the Cameroon team.

This will be in Algiers on Monday, October 3, 2016. The Indomitable Lions will play their first home game against Zambia on November 7, 2016 which is also on a Monday.

Then coach Hugo Broos and his boys will travel to Nigeria for a third day scheduled on Monday, August 28, 2017. A match that will mark also the end of the first phase.

The Super Eagles will be in Cameroon less than a week after the return phase to begin, specifically on Saturday, September 2, 2017. The Indomitable Lions will then host Algeria on 2 October 2017 before going to deliver the final game of these playoffs in Zambia on November 6th, 2017.

See the full timetable of Group B matches below:

October 3, 2016

Algeria VS Cameroon

Zambia VS Nigeria

November 7, 2016

Cameroon VS Zambia

Nigeria VS Algeria

August 28, 2017

Nigeria VS Cameroon

Zambia VS Algeria

September 2, 2017

Algeria VS Zambia

Cameroon VS Nigeria

October 2, 2017

Nigeria VS Zambia

Cameroon VS Algeria

November 6, 2017

Zambia VS Cameroon

Algeria VS Nigeria

NB: At the end of the six days, only the first of the group will qualify for the World Cup Russia 2018. The criteria for qualification does not involve the second best of each group.