Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been assigned to Group A of the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations, Afcon 2023 qualifying round, which will be held in Ivory Coast.
The group also comprised Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, and So Tomé and Principe.
For the draw, the Super Eagles were one of the 12 teams seeded in Pot 1. Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Cameroon, and Algeria were the other teams in Pot 1.
The teams were split into 12 four-team groups (Groups A through L), with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the championship in West Africa.
The Full Draw
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1️⃣ ?? Nigeria
2️⃣ ?? Sierra Leone
3️⃣ ?? Guinea-Bissau
4️⃣ ?? São Tomé and Príncipe
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1️⃣ ?? Burkina Faso
2️⃣ ?? Cape Verde
3️⃣ ?? Togo
4️⃣ ?? Eswatini
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1️⃣ ?? Cameroon
2️⃣ ?? Kenya
3️⃣ ?? Namibia
4️⃣ ?? Burundi
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1️⃣ ?? Egypt
2️⃣ ?? Guinea
3️⃣ ?? Malawi
4️⃣ ?? Ethiopia
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1️⃣ ?? Ghana
2️⃣ ?? Madagascar
3️⃣ ?? Angola
4️⃣ ?? Central African R.
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1️⃣ ?? Algeria
2️⃣ ?? Uganda
3️⃣ ?? Niger
4️⃣ ?? Tanzania
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1️⃣ ?? Mali
2️⃣ ?? Congo
3️⃣ ?? The Gambia
4️⃣ ?? South Sudan
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1️⃣ ?? Côte d’Ivoire
2️⃣ ?? Zambia
3️⃣ ?? Comoros
4️⃣ ?? Lesotho
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1️⃣ ?? DR Congo
2️⃣ ?? Gabon
3️⃣ ?? Mauritania
4️⃣ ?? Sudan
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1️⃣ ?? Tunisia
2️⃣ ?? Equatorial Guinea
3️⃣ ?? Libya
4️⃣ ?? Botswana
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1️⃣ ?? Morocco
2️⃣ ?? South Africa
3️⃣ ?? Zimbabwe
4️⃣ ?? Liberia
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1️⃣ ?? Senegal
2️⃣ ?? Benin
3⃣ ?? Mozambique
4️⃣ ?? Rwanda
The qualifying rounds will kick off in June 2022.
Nigeria will be striving to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations, which will be their 20th appearance.
Nigeria had a fantastic group stage performance in the 2021 AFCON, however they were defeated by Tunisia in the round of 16 by a single goal.
Meanwhile, on June 2, 2022, the Eagles will play the Ecuador National Team in an international friendly match in New Jersey, USA.