THE Super Eagles of Nigeria will have South Africa to contend with in the race to the FIFA 2026 World Cup to be co-hosted by USA, Canada and Mexico. The
At the draw conducted today in Côte d’Ivoire, the Eagles were put in Group C alongside South Africa, Benin, Rwanda and Lesotho
The Chipolopolo of Zambia are in the same group E with Morocco, Congo, Tanzania, Niger and Eritrea.
Host of the 2023 AFCON, Cote D’Ivoire are in the same group as The Gambia.
Winners of each of the nine groups will automatically qualify for the World Cup 2026. The four best runners-up will play in a CAF playoff tournament. The winner of the CAF play-off tournament will play in the FIFA play-off tournament.
The first round of matches are to be decided later this year.
Nigeria’s CAF Director of Competition, Samson Adamu was one of those who took charge of the draw.
Below are all the groups:
Group A
Egypt
Burkina Faso
Guinea-Bissau
Sierra Leone
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Group B
Senegal
DR Congo
Mauritania
Togo
Sudan
South Sudan
Group C
Nigeria
South Africa
Benin
Zimbabwe
Rwanda
Lesotho
Group D
Cameroon
Cape-Verde
Angola
Libya
Eswatini
Mauritius
Group E
Morocco
Zambia
Congo
Tanzania
Niger
Eritrea
Group F
Cote d’Ivoire
Gabon
Kenya
Gambia
Burundi
Seychelles
Group G
Algeria
Guinea
Uganda
Mozambique
Botswana
Somalia
Group H
Tunisia
Equatorial Guinea
Namibia
Malawi
Liberia
Sao Tome and Principe
Group I
Mali
Ghana
Madagascar
Central African Republic
Comoros
Chad
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