The Super Eagles have been placed in Pot One of the Morocco 2025 Africa Cup of Nations’ draw, which holds in Johannesburg, South Africa, today. This means that Nigeria will not be drawn in the same group with any of Morocco, Senegal, Egypt, Cote d’Ivoire, Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroon, Mali, South Africa, DR Congo and Ghana, who are also in the same pot.....Read The Full Story Here ▶
The draw ceremony inside the SuperSport studio in South Africa’s commercial and economic capital will serve the 48 countries into 12 groups of four teams each, with the top two teams in 11 of the groups qualifying directly to the finals, already scheduled to hold from December 21 2025 to January 18, 2026.
The 12th group (which has host nation Morocco) will see Morocco qualifying (no matter the position in which they finish) alongside one other team.
The qualifying matches will be played over the FIFA windows of September, October and November this year. In Pot 2 of the draw, where Nigeria will get one of its opponents are Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Zambia, Benin Republic, Angola, Uganda, Namibia, Mozambique and Madagascar.
Pot 3 comprises Kenya, Mauritania, Congo, Tanzania, Guinea Bissau, Libya, Comoros, Togo, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Malawi and Central African Republic.In Pot 4 are Niger Republic, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, The Gambia, Burundi, Liberia, Ethiopia, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, South Sudan and Chad.
