Nigeria Super Eagles have been drawn in Group D of the AFCON 2025 Qualification series alongside familiar foes in Benin Republic, Libya and Rwanda, www.aclsports.com reports.
Nigeria, who are also in the same group as Benin and Rwanda in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers, will battle it out once again for a place in next year’s continental event.
The Super Eagles, led by Finidi George, lost to Gernot Rohr’s Benin last month and will be hoping to stage a revenge in this qualifying series when they clash again.
The draws for the continental showpiece were held at the SuperSport Studios in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday afternoon. Current AFCON winning coach Emerse Fae of Cote d’Ivoire and Marouane Chamakh of Morocco participated alongside CAF’s director of competitions Samson Adamu.
The winners and runners-up of each groups will proceed to the main tournament in Morocco next year. Meanwhile, CAF has already confirmed that the finals will be played from Sunday, 21 December 2025 – Sunday, 18 January 2026.
The Super Eagles, who are currently without a head coach, reached the final in Cote d’Ivoire with Jose Peseiro at the helm of affairs back in January.
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Meanwhile, the NFF are yet announce the new head coach of the nation’s men’s national team following the resignation of Finidi George.
The first set of matches in the qualifying series will be played in September.
Groups:
Group A: Tunisia, Madagascar, Comoros, Gambia
Group B: Morocco, Gabon,Central Africa Republic, Lesotho
Group C: Egypt, Cape Verde, Mauritania, Botswana
Group D: Nigeria, Benin Libya, Rwanda
Group E: Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Togo, Liberia
Group F: Ghana, Angola, Sudan, Niger
Group G: Cote d’Ivoire, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Chad
Group H: DR Congo, Guinea, Tanzania, Ethiopia
Group I: Mali, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Eswatini
Group J: Cameroon, Namibia, Kenya, Zimbabwe
Group K: South Africa, Uganda, Congo, South Sudan
Group L: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Burundi
