2023 AFCON Qualifiers: Super Eagles Drawn Against Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Sao Tome And Principe

BY: BLACKCOIN

The Super Eagles have been drawn in Group A of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers with Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Principe, BSNSports com.ng reports.

The draw was held on Tuesday evening in Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Nigeria, who exited the last Afcon in Cameroon in the Round of 16, are favourites to qualify from the group.

The qualifiers will start in June 2022.

There are 12 groups and the top two teams of each group will automatically qualify for the tournament.

The draws were held at the SuperSport Studios in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The top two teams of each group qualify for the final tournament that will be held in Ivory Coast in 2023.

See full draws below;

Group A:

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Guinea Bissau

Sao Tome & Principe/Mauritius

Group B:

Burkina Faso

Cape Verde

Togo

Eswatini

Group C:

Cameroon

Kenya

Namibia

Burundi

Group D:

Egypt

Guinea

Malawi

Ethiopia

Group E:

Ghana

Madagascar

Angola

Central African Republic

Group F:

Algeria

Uganda

Niger Republic

Tanzania

Group G:

Mali

Congo Brazzaville

Gambia

South Sudan

Group H:

Cote d’Ivoire (Hosts)

Zambia

Comoros Island

Lesotho

Group I:

DR Congo

Gabon

Mauritania

Sudan

Group J:

Tunisia

Equatorial Guinea

Libya

Botswana

Group K:

Morocco

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Liberia

Group L:

Senegal

Benin Republic

Mozambique

Rwanda