Afrigather The three-time African champions missed out on the final version of the worldwide showpiece and are targeted on qualifying for the following
Tremendous Eagles followers can now mark their calendars because the official dates for Nigeria’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers towards Lesotho and Zimbabwe have been unveiled, Soccernet.ng experiences.
Based on the announcement on the Tremendous Eagles X deal with, Nigeria will kick off their World Cup qualifying marketing campaign by taking up the Crocodiles of Lesotho on the Godswill Akpabio Worldwide Stadium in Uyo on Friday, November 17.
Three days after this showdown, the previous African champions will go head-to-head with the Warriors of Zimbabwe on the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali.
Benin Republic, South Africa, and Rwanda are Nigeria’s different rivals for his or her group’s sole qualifying ticket.
Underneath the steering of Portuguese supervisor Jose Peseiro, the Tremendous Eagles will goal to file most factors over Lesotho and Zimbabwe subsequent month.
Nigeria’s fixtures with Benin’s Squirrels, South Africa’s Bafana Bafana, and Rwanda’s Wasps are scheduled for 2024.
South Africa and Nigeria are the one groups of the six in rivalry to have ever performed on the World Cup.
With excessive stakes on the road, the highest workforce within the group will safe a direct ticket to the 2026 World Cup, set to be collectively hosted by the USA, Mexico, and Canada.
The Tremendous Eagles did not make it to the 2022 World Cup hosted by Qatar because the 2013 AFCON kings have been bested by long-standing rivals, Ghana, in the course of the last playoff spherical.
