Eagles seeded in Pot 1 of AFCON qualification draw

Nigeria will put up the trophy they won in South Africa for challenge in Morocco next year but before then the Nigerians will have to scale through the qualifiers first.

 

The Confederation of African Football has stated that the draw for the Final Round of Qualifiers of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2015 will take place at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo on Sunday 27th April, from 12:30hours GMT. (1:30pm Nigerian time)  

 

According to a statement on CAF's website, the AFCON  qualifiers, Morocco 2015 will be made up of seven groups of four teams who contest on a home and away basis of which the seven group winners, seven group runners-up and the best third-placed side will qualify directly for the final tournament while the host nation, Morocco is automatically qualified.

 

According to the draw procedure, 28 teams will be divided into four groups with each pot containing seven teams based on the CAF classification.

 

The Super Eagles who won the last edition of AFCON held in South Africa in 2013 beating the likes of Ivory Coast led by influential Dider Drogba, have been pooled in Pot 1 alongside Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Mali and Tunisia.

 

Pot 1: Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Mali, Tunisia

 

Pot 2: Algeria, Angola, Cap Verde, Togo, Egypt, South Africa, Cameroon

 

Pot 3: RD Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Niger, Guinea, Senegal, Sudan

 

Pot 4: The Seven yet to be decided by the preliminary round matches

(Teams in the same pot cannot be paired against each other)

 

That means Nigeria will face one out of the teams in pot 2 which has Algeria, Angola, Cap Verde, Togo, Egypt, South Africa and Cameroon.

 

The teams in pot 3 "RD Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Niger, Guinea, Senegal and Sudan" will face teams the seven teams that qualifies from the preliminary stage.