Africans in the first round defeated Poland 2: 1, but this did not help them to leave the group.
Senegal in the third round lost to Colombia 0: 1. Like Japan, he scored four points, but left the tournament because of the points of the fair play. Team Aliou Cisse earned more yellow cards than the Japanese.
Senegal became the third team that left the World Cup 2018 after the group stage, despite the victory in the first round.
Earlier, such an "achievement" was possible to Iran and Serbia, who in the first round defeated Morocco and Costa Rica respectively.
The last time just three winners of the first round flew out of the group in 2002. Then it was the national teams of Argentina, Costa Rica and Russia.