Nigeria draws Mozambique, Egypt for Nation's Cup

By Tunde Eludini

2009-11-20 20:33:47

The Super Eagles of Nigeria seem to have been handed a fair draw in next year's Nation Cup in Angola as it was grouped alongside defending champions, Egypt, Benin Republic and interestingly Mozambique; who many regarded as the country's saving grace at the just concluded South Africa 2010 World Cup qualifiers. Nigeria will play its group matches in Benguela.

In the draws conducted on Friday in Luanda, Angola, the tournament's opening game would be between host; Angola and the Eagles of Mali, while Malawi and Algeria are the other teams in the group with matches to be played in Luanda. The Group B pairing has Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso, in what looks like the group of death. Matches in Group B will be played in the city of Cabinda.

While in Group D, Cameroon and Tunisia lead the pack with Zambia and Gabon completing the list. The group games are scheduled for the City of Lubango.

The teams play one another once in a round-robin format, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the quarterfinals.

The Nations Cup will run from January 10-February 10.

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Reader Comments (5)

Posted by Emmanuel Okereke on Nov 21 2009

This is one group the Eagles can easily come out of if we do what is right. But then, recent experience between 2005 and now restrain me from celebrating the draw.

Posted by eni-oscar on Nov 21 2009

Any time a negative thought enters your minds ,contradict it with its opposite,positive thought.thank you our super eagles

Posted by Galku on Nov 22 2009

A prepared team should be ready for any team....there is no fair group every team is going to be there for cup unless it is proved other wise

Posted by Daniel on Nov 22 2009

Why am I not optimistic??? I guess I've learnt from experience. I'll celebrate IF they win the tourney though.

Posted by Bro. Chigbu .F. (Snr) on Nov 23 2009

We look at this group where the Super Eagles of Nigeria belong as an easy group but I want to tell you that this is a group of death also. Is Egpyt easy to beat or Mozambique easy to beat. Look at Mozambique and Egpyt national teams, they are hard nut to crack. In the qualifying, we see what we pass through before we draw and win Mozambique. Prayers is all we need with hard work to top this group.