Super Eagles draw Tanzania, Madagascar, Guinea-Bissau in AFCON 2027 qualifiers

Nigeria’s Super Eagles will face co-hosts Tanzania, Madagascar and Guinea-Bissau in Group L of the qualification race for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

Tuesday’s draw, held at the headquarters of the Egyptian Football Association in Cairo, placed the 48 participating nations into 12 groups of four teams each.

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The top two teams from each group will qualify for the tournament, which will be jointly hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania from June 19 to July 17, 2027.

Nigeria have previous qualifying history against all three opponents.

The Super Eagles defeated Madagascar home and away during the qualification campaign for the 2012 AFCON.

Against Guinea-Bissau, both teams shared victories during the race for the 2023 AFCON finals in Côte d’Ivoire, with Guinea-Bissau winning in Abuja before Nigeria responded with victory in Bissau.

Tanzania also faced Nigeria during the qualifiers for the 2017 AFCON. Both sides played out a goalless draw in Dar es Salaam before Nigeria secured a 1-0 victory in Uyo thanks to a long-range strike from Kelechi Iheanacho.

Elsewhere, hosts of the 2025 AFCON, Morocco, were drawn in Group A alongside Gabon, the Niger Republic and Lesotho.

Seven-time AFCON champions, Egypt, will face Angola, Malawi and South Sudan in Group B.

Five-time African champions Cameroon were handed a difficult group containing Comoros, Namibia and Congo.