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  • AFCON 2023: Nigeria draw Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau in Group A

    AFCON 2023: Nigeria draw Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau in Group A

    The draw for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series was conducted on Tuesday evening.

    Nigeria have been put in Group A alongside Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome and Principe.

    The Super Eagles failed to get past the Round of 16 in the last edition of the tournament played in January/February this year.

    Current holders Senegal are in Group L with Benin Republic, Mozambique and Rwanda.

    There are 12 groups with the top two teams of each group automatically qualifying for the tournament.

    The qualifiers for the 2023 AFCON will kick-off across the continent in June 2022.

    See full draws below:

    Group A

    Nigeria
    Sierra Leone
    Guinea Bissau
    Sao Tome & Principe/Mauritius

    Group B

    Burkina Faso
    Cape Verde
    Togo
    Eswatini

    Group C

    Cameroon
    Kenya
    Namibia
    Burundi

    Group D

    Egypt
    Guinea
    Malawi
    Ethiopia

    Group E

    Ghana
    Madagascar
    Angola
    Central African Republic

    Group F

    Algeria
    Uganda
    Niger Republic
    Tanzania

    Group G

    Mali
    Congo Brazzaville
    Gambia
    South Sudan

    Group H

    Cote d’Ivoire (Hosts)
    Zambia
    Comoros Island
    Lesotho

    Group I

    DR Congo
    Gabon
    Mauritania
    Sudan

    Group J

    Tunisia
    Equatorial Guinea
    Libya
    Botswana

    Group K

    Morocco
    South Africa
    Zimbabwe
    Liberia

    Group L

    Senegal
    Benin Republic
    Mozambique
    Rwanda