AFCON 2023: Nigeria Draw Hosts Cote d’Ivoire As Defending Champions Senegal Face Cameroon

Nigeria's Super Eagles have been drawn against hosts Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea in Group A of the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON)

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have been drawn against hosts Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea in Group A of the 2023 African Cup of Nations slated for January next year in Cote d’Ivoire.Two-time African Footballer of the Year, and former Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker, Didier Drogba, and former Nigerian international, John Mikel Obi, also drew from the pots, which saw their two nations pitted together.

In other draw highlights, defending champions Senegal are drawn against Cameroon in Group C, where they will also face neighbours The Gambia and Guinea.Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, who was selected in the 2021 AFCON Team of the Tournament, was also part of the group drawing the balls.

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