Nigeria drawn with Madagascar, Tanzania, Guinea-Bissau in AFCON 2027 qualifiers
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been drawn in Group L of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying group stage round alongside Madagascar, Tanzania and Guinea-Bissau.
The draw for the tournament scheduled to be hosted by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda (PAMOJA) was conducted in Cairo on Tuesday, with the 48 participating countries drawn into 12 groups consisting four teams each.
Following the draw, Group C is expected to be the ‘group of death’ after 2023 champions Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana were paired together alongside the Gambia and Somalia.
Group A consists of Morocco, Gabon, Niger and Lesotho, while Egypt is in Group B with Angola, Malawi and South Sudan.
The qualifying tournament will take place between September 2026 and March 2027, with the top two teams in each group automatically booking their spots in the main tournament.
The draw list
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 Republic, Mauritania, Central Africa Republic
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
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