Nigeria will battle their traditional football foes as the country, Algeria, and Cameroon — three of the five African qualifiers for the last World Cup — were drawn together Friday
in a group from which only the winners go to the 2018 finals in Russia.
Group B was completed by Zambia, shock winners of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, after a one-hour ceremony in Cairo. Each of the five group winners qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
Cameroon (seven appearances) and Nigeria (five) are the most successful African countries in World Cup qualifying and Algeria (four) have also done well.
Famed French coach Herve Renard, the only man to win the Cup of Nations with two countries, is now in charge of Morocco and they will come up against his former team, Ivory Coast, in Group C.
This mini-league has a distinct French flavour with Michel Dussuyer coaching the Ivorians and Alain Giresse in charge of Mali.
Gabon compete the line-up.
Tunisia and the Democratic Republic of Congo look the strongest teams in Group A, which includes Guinea and Libya.
Egypt face Ghana, who beat them 7-3 in a 2014 World Cup play-off, in