Morocco 2025: Nigeria to tackle familiar foes Benin Republic, Rwanda in qualifiers.

 

 




 


The Super Eagles have been presented with an earlier opportunity to avenge their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying defeat to the Cheetahs of Benin Republic in Abidjan last month, with both teams again paired in the same group in the race for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations that begins in two months’ time.


 


Their FIFAWorld Cup qualifying reverse fixture is not until the final day of the qualification series (6th – 14th October 2025), but both teams have much earlier battles to fight later this year as they aim to be among the 24 countries that will participate in the 35th Africa Cup of Nations scheduled for Morocco, 21st December 2025 – 18th January 2026.


 


At the draw ceremony conducted inside the SuperSport studio in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday afternoon, the Super Eagles also drew the Amavubi of Rwanda – another team in their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying group, and which they next play in the series in March 2025 – as well as the Mediterranean Knights of Libya. All four teams are in Group D.


 


The six-match qualifying series have been spread over the FIFA windows in September, October and November, with two matches in each seven-day window.


 


GROUP A: Tunisia, Madagascar, Comoros, The Gambia


GROUP B: Morocco, Gabon, Central African Republic, Lesotho


GROUP C: Egypt, Cape Verde, Mauritania, Botswana


GROUP D: Nigeria, Benin Republic, Libya, Rwanda


GROUP E: Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Togo, Liberia


GROUP F: Ghana, Angola, Sudan, Niger Republic


GROUP G: Cote d’Ivoire, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Chad


GROUP H: DR Congo, Guinea, Tanzania, Ethiopia


GROUP I: Mali, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Eswatini


GROUP J: Cameroon, Namibia, Kenya, Zimbabwe


GROUP K: South Africa, Uganda, Congo, South Sudan


GROUP L: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Burundi

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