The Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn in Pot 2 for the group stage placement forward of the 2024 AFCON event within the Ivory Coast…
Nigeria have been drawn in pot 2 for the group placement within the AFCON 2024 event, Soccernet.ng stories.
The Tremendous Eagles are in pot 2 alongside Mali, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Ghana, and D.R. Congo. Every group can be drawn into completely different teams, every consisting of 4 groups.
Jose Peseiro’s males have been high of their qualifying group with fifteen factors from six video games, with essentially the most notable recreation being the resounding 10-0 win over São Tomé and Príncipe in 2022.
A complete of twenty-four African nationwide groups have been seeded into 4 pots, and 4 nationwide groups can be drawn into six teams.
This seeded pot was introduced by the Confederation of African Soccer (CAF) on their social media feed, X (previously known as Twitter) on Thursday.
POT 2️⃣
A listing that features one former TotalEnergies AFCON high goalscorer & one TotalEnergies AFCON Qualifiers high goalscorer! ⚽
Do you recall the 2 gamers? 🤔#TotalEnergiesAFCON2023 pic.twitter.com/TWri0t3es3
— CAF (@CAF_Online) September 21, 2023
Nonetheless, the 2013 AFCON champions may face defending champions Senegal, hosts Cote d’Ivoire, Morocco, Algeria and Egypt within the group stage.
Pot 3 comprises the Bafana Bafana of South Africa, Cape Verde, Guinea, 2012 AFCON Champions – Zambia, two-time AFCON hosts – Equatorial Guinea, and Mauritania.
2010 AFCON hosts, Angola have been seeded in Pot 4, alongside Guinea Bissau, Namibia, Mozambique, Gambia, and Namibia will even make their third-ever look on the event.
The Tremendous Eagles exited the 2022 AFCON event within the round-of-16 stage and can hope to go a step additional, contemplating the addition of high quality within the squad, with notable enhancements like Victor Boniface and Reward Orban in pink scorching type.
The draw ceremony can be held within the host nation, Cote d’Ivoire, on Thursday, October 12, and the event will run by from January 13 to February 11, 2023.