Hosts Ivory Coast To Face Nigeria In Africa Cup Of Nations
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Nigeria have been drawn alongside 2023 AFCON hosts Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea Bissau in Group A for Africaโs grandest football event.
The draw ceremony took place in Abidjan, the Ivorien Capital and had in attendance, former Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi and other legendary African footballers.
Ivory Coast will host the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, which is scheduled to kick-off in January 2023.
Nigeria will face Guinea Bissau again, after already meeting each other in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series.
On paper, Ivory Coast and Nigeria will be favourites to progress from group A.
FULL 2023 AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS DRAW
Group A
๐จ๐ฎ Ivory Coast
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria
๐ฌ๐ถ Equatorial Guinea
๐ฌ๐ผ Guinea-Bissau
Group B
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt
๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana
๐จ๐ป Cape Verde
๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique
Group C
๐ธ๐ณ Senegal
๐จ๐ฒ Cameroon
๐ฌ๐ณ Guinea
๐ฌ๐ฒ Gambia
Group D
๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria
๐ง๐ซ Burkina Faso
๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania
๐ฆ๐ด Angola
Group E
๐น๐ณ Tunisia
๐ฒ๐ฑ Mali
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
๐ณ๐ฆ Namibia
Group F
๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco
๐จ๐ฉ DR Congo
๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia
๐น๐ฟ Tanzania
Senegal are defending champions, after taking their first crown at the Cameroun 2021 Africa Cup of Nations tournament