Nigeria Super Eagles have been drawn in a relatively easy Group L of the AFCON 2027 Qualification series alongside Madagascar, Tanzania, and Guinea-Bissau, www.aclsports.com reports.
The draws for the continental showpiece were held at the headquarters of the Egyptian Football Association on Tuesday afternoon. Former Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong served as one of the draw assistants alongside other African legends such as Max-Alain Gradel, Essam El Hadary, and Trésor Mputu.
Nigeria defeated Tanzania at the last AFCON tournament in Morocco, while the 2013 AFCON winners lost to Madagascar at the group stage of the 2019 tournament in Egypt and defeated Guinea-Bissau 1-0 at the 2023 AFCON in Côte d’Ivoire.
Meanwhile, Tanzania, who are one of the co-hosts of the tournament, have already qualified, leaving only one spot up for grabs.
The Super Eagles, who finished third at the last tournament in Morocco, will be hoping to go a step further under the guidance of Eric Chelle following the failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup in the Americas.
Apart from the group that has hosts (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda), the winners and runners-up of each group will proceed to the main tournament in East Africa next year. Meanwhile, CAF has already confirmed that the finals will be played from Saturday, 19 June 2027, and the Final on Saturday, 17 July 2027.
The Qualifiers will be played across the three FIFA International Windows as follows:
Matchdays 1 and 2: 21 September to 6 October 2026
Matchdays 3 and 4: 9 to 17 November 2026
Matchdays 5 and 6: 22 to 30 March 2027
FULL AFCON 2027 Qualifier draws
Group A: Morocco, Gabon, Niger, Lesotho.
Group B: Egypt, Angola, Malawi, South Sudan.
Group C: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, The Gambia, Somalia.
Group D: South Africa, Guinea, Kenya, Eritrea.
Group E: DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe.
Group F: Burkina Faso, Benin, Mauritania, Central African Republic (CAR).
Group G: Cameroon, Comoros, Namibia, Congo.
Group H: Tunisia, Uganda, Libya, Botswana.
Group I: Algeria, Zambia, Togo, Burundi.
Group J: Senegal, Mozambique, Sudan, Ethiopia.
Group K: Mali, Cape Verde, Rwanda, Liberia.
Group L: Nigeria, Madagascar, Tanzania, Guinea-Bissau.
