2023 AFCON QUALIFIER: Nigeria to face Sierra Leone, Others

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn in group A of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau and either of Mauritius or Sao Tome and Principe.

The draws, which comprises of 12 groups with four teams will see the first two teams qualify for next year’s AFCON slated for Cote d’Ivoire.

In group B, the Stallions of Burkina Faso will confront Cape Verde, Togo, and Eswatini.

Cameroon is drawn in group C against the Harambee Stars of Kenya, Brave Warriors of Namibia and Burundi.

Mohammed Salah and his Egyptian teammates will take on, Guinea, Malawi and Ethiopia.

Black Stars of Ghana, who stopped Nigeria from qualifying for the 2022 World Cup will play in group E against Madagascar, Angola and Central Republic.

Algeria, Uganda, Niger and Tanzania will battle for Supremacy in group F.

Mali, Congo, The Gambia and South Sudan will lurk horns in group G,

Host, Ivory Coast will tread tackles with the Copper Bullets of Zambia, Comoros and Lesotho in group H.

Group I will see DR Congo, Gabon, Mauritania and Sudan fight to finish.

Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Libya and Botswana will lurk horns in group J.

The Atlas Lions of Morocco, Bafana Bafana of South Africa, Warriors of Zimbabwe and Lone Stars of Liberia will face-of in group K.

Champions Senegal, will play in group L against Benin, Mozambique and Rwanda.