Nigeria will be up against some familiar opponents in their qualifying group for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
The Super Eagles were drawn in Group A on Tuesday, where they will face Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau and Sao Tome or Mauritius.
The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone were in the same qualifying group as Nigeria for the 2021 AFCON and caused quite a stir in 2020.
With the Super Eagles leading 4-0 in Benin City, it looked like game over until the West African underdogs pulled off one of the greatest comebacks to draw level earn a 4-4 result.
The Super Eagles were also unable to beat the Leone Stars in Freetown, where the contest ended 0-0, but the three-time African champions still topped the group.
At the AFCON proper in Cameroon in January 2022, the Super Eagles were in the same group with Guinea Bissau, whom they defeated to win the group.
The toughest group in the 2023 AFCON qualifiers appears to be D, which has 2021 AFCON runners-up Egypt, Guinea, Malawi and Ethiopia.
Champions Senegal are in Group L with Benin Republic, Mozambique and Rwanda.
GROUPINGS
GROUP A
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Guinea-Bissau
São Tomé and Príncipe/Mauritius
GROUP B
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Togo
Estwani
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Cameroon
Kenya
Namibia
Burundi
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Egypt
Guinea
Malawi
Ethiopia
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Ghana
Madagascar
Angola
Central African Republic
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Algeria
Uganda
Niger
Tanzania
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Mali
Congo
The Gambia
South Sudan
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Côte d’Ivoire
Zambia
Comoros
Lesotho
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DR Congo
Gabon
Mauritania
Sudan
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Tunisia
Equatorial Guinea
Libya
Botswana
GROUP K
Morocco
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Liberia
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Senegal
Benin
Mozambique
Rwanda
