The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers draw conducted in Cote d’Ivoire on Thursday has thrown up some interesting fixtures with the Super Eagles of Nigeria placed in same group as the Bafana Bafana of South Africa and The Squirrels of Benin having former Nigeria coach, Gernot Rohr as their Manager.
Nigeria and South Africa failed to qualify for the last World Cup in Qatar and will be looking forward not to miss the next competition as the top team in each group will qualify for the Mundial…..CONTINUE READING
With the expansion of the World Cup from 32 teams to 48 teams starting from the next World Cup to be co-hosted by USA, Canada and Mexico, FIFA already allocated nine slots to Africa.
The best four runners-up will go into a CAF playoff tournament, scheduled to be held in November 2025, with winner advancing to the FIFA playoff tournament, due to be staged in March 2026, that could see Africa secure a 10th slot at the World Cup.
Matches are due to run from November 13 in 2023 to October 14 in 2025, with the winners of each group automatically qualifying for the World Cup.
Other teams in Nigeria group are Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Lesotho…..CONTINUE READING
