2026 World Cup Qualifier: Super Eagles To Face South Africa, Benin, Three Others in Group C

2026 World Cup Qualifier: Super Eagles To Face South Africa, Benin, Three Others in Group C

Sampson Adedeji

The African draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers has been released and Nigeria's Super Eagles have been placed in Group C of the qualifier, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

The draw which was held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast after the 45th Congress of CAF saw the Super Eagles of Nigeria being drawn into Group C alongside South Africa, Zimbabwe, Benin, Rwanda and Lesotho.

Nine African countries plus one international qualifier will represent the continent in the 2026 World Cup which will be co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Black Stars of Ghana denied Super Eagles the opportunity of playing at the last edition of the competition in Qatar.

Full Draws

Groupe A

Egypte 

Burkina Faso 

Guinée Bissau

Sierra Leone

Ethiopia

Djibouti

Group B

Groupe B

Sénégal 

RD Congo 

Mauritania

Togo 

Sudan

South Sudan

Group C

Nigeria

Afrique du Sud 

Bénin 

Zimbabwe

Rwanda

Lesotho

Group D

Cameroun

 Cape Verde

 Angola

 Libya

 Swaziland

Mauritius 

Group E

Morocco

Zambia 

Congo

Tanzania 

Niger

Eritrea

Group F

Ivory Coast 

Gabon

 Kenya

Gambia

Burundi

 Seychelles 

Group G

Algeria

Guinea

 Uganda

Mozambique 

Botswana 

Somalia

Group H

Tunisia

 Equatorial Guinea 

Namibia

 Malawi

Liberia

Sao Tome and Principe

Group I

 Mali

Ghan 

Madagascar

Central African Republic 

Comoros

Chad