2026 FIFA World Cup Race: Eagles up against Bafana, Warriors, Cheetahs, two others

Nigeria, who’ve reached the Spherical of 16 on the FIFA World Cup finals on three events, should overcome the problem of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Benin Republic, Lesotho and Rwanda to achieve the subsequent finals to be staged within the USA, Mexico and Canada.

On the draw ceremony performed on Thursday in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire inside the belt of the CAF Strange Common Meeting, the Tremendous Eagles prime Group B which additionally has Zimbabwe’s Warriors, South Africa’s Bafana Bafana, Rwanda’s Amavubi, Benin Republic’s Cheetahs and Lesotho’s Crocodiles.

There are six groups in every of the 9 teams, with solely the group winners assured slots on the expanded FIFA World Cup finals in the summertime of 2026.

The very best 4 second-placed groups within the 9 teams will then contest a mini-tournament, with the winner eligible for a playoff spot for an additional slot in USA/Canada/Mexico finals.

Every of the groups will play two of their 10 matches within the marketing campaign within the FIFA window of November this yr, with the opposite eight video games to be unfold between 2024 and 2025.

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 Republic, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Lesotho

GROUP D: Cameroon, Cape Verde, Angola, Libya, eSwatini, Mauritius

GROUP E: Morocco, Zambia, Congo, Tanzania, Niger Republic, Eritrea

GROUP F: Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Kenya, The Gambia, Burundi, Seychelles

GROUP G: Algeria, Guinea, Uganda, Mozambique, Botswana, Somalia

GROUP H: Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Namibia, Malawi, Liberia, Sao Tome & Principe

GROUP I: Mali, Ghana, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Comoros, Chad

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