AFCON 2019 qualifiers: Nigeria drawn with South Africa, Libya

The Super Eagles have been drawn with South Africa, Libya and Seychelles in Group E of the qualifying series for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.


The draws were conducted in Libreville, Gabon on Thursday night.

There are 12 groups in total with four countries each. Each group winner will join hosts Cameroon in the competition, as well as the best three runners-up.

The qualifiers will kick off with the preliminary round which will be played between March 20 and 28, 2017.

Match Day 1 of the group stage qualifiers will commence between June 5-13, 2017.

FULL DRAWS

(Group A)
Senegal

Equatorial Guinea

Sudan

Sao Tome and Principe/Madagascar

(Group B)
Cameroon

Morocco

Malawi

Comoros/Mauritius

(Group C)
Mali

Gabon

Burundi

Djibouti/South Sudan

(Group D)
Algeria

Togo

Benin Republic

Gambia

(Group E)
Nigeria

South Africa

Libya

Seychelles

(Group F)
Ghana

Ethiopia

Sierra-Leone

Kenya

(Group G)
DR Congo

Congo

Zimbabwe

Liberia

(Group H)
Cote d’Ivoire

Guinea

Central Africa

Rwanda

(Group I)
Burkina Faso

Angola

Botswana

Mauritania

(Group J)
Tunisia

Egypt

Niger Republic

Swaziland

(Group K)
Zambia

Mozambique

Guinea-Bissau

Namibia

(Group L)
Cape-Verde

Uganda

Tanzania

Lesotho