World Cup: Nigeria Will Play Against South Africa In the third group stage of the 2026 World Cup, South Africa, Benin, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, and...
World Cup: Nigeria Will Play Against South Africa
In the third group stage of the 2026 World Cup, South Africa, Benin, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho will face off against Nigeria's Super Eagles team.
In Abidjan, Ivory Coast, which will host the African Cup of Nations in 2019, a ceremony was held on Thursday to announce the game schedule.
The Super Eagles have defeated South Africa seven times and drawn twice in their 14 meetings, with the most recent World Cup qualifier between the two teams taking place before to the 2010 competition.
Despite South Africa's two victories over the Super Eagles, the host nation was given automatic entry into the competition by the world football regulatory body.
The second group Senegal is in includes the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo, Mauritania, Sudan, and South Sudan. Senegal is the African champions.
Morocco, who competed in the World Cup in Qatar and advanced to the semifinals, is matched up with Zambia, Tanzania, Congo Brazzaville, the Republic of Niger, and Eritrea in the fifth group.
The commencement date of the games will be revealed soon. Ghana is in group one with Mali, Madagascar, the Central African Republic, Comoros, and Chad.
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Egypt, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, and Djibouti are all members of Group A.
Senegal, Togo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mauritania, Sudan, and Southern Sudan make up Group B.
Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, and Lesotho make up Group C.
Cameroon, Cape Verde, Angola, Libya, Eswatini, and Mauritius make up Group D.
Group E includes Eritrea, Zambia, Tanzania, the Congo Brazzaville, and Morocco.
Ivory Coast, Gabon, Kenya, Gambia, Burundi, and Seychelles are members of Group F.
Algeria, Guinea, Uganda, Mozambique, Botswana, and Somalia make up Group G.
Equatorial Guinea, Namibia, Malawi, Liberia, Sao Tome & Principe, and Tunisia make up Group H.
Group I consists of Chad, Comoros, Ghana, Mali, Madagascar, and the Central African Republic. After the number of nations competing in the tournament that will be played in 2026 has expanded to 48, the games will begin on November 3 this year and run through November 18, 2025, with nine spots reserved for African nations.
From June 11 to July 19, 2026, the competition will take place in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Argentina is clutching the championship medal it won in the 2022 game in Qatar.
