Super Eagles will get their 2017 Fifa World Cup qualifying campaign under way with against the winner between Djibouti and Swaziland later on this year following a draw conducted in St Petersburg on Saturday.
The qualifiers are divided into three rounds, with the first round being made up of the 26 lowest ranked teams in Africa. The second round sees 13 winners of the first round matches proceeding to the second round where they compete with 27 other countries over two legs for a place in the group stages.
Nigeria will play her Djibouti or Swaziland in November over two legs, with the winner going through to the group stages. The group winners will then qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
FULL AFRICA DRAW
First round (October 2015):
Somalia v Niger; South Sudan v Mauritania; Gambia v Namibia; Sao Tome and Principe v Ethiopia; Chad v Sierra Leone; Comoros v Lesotho; Djibouti v Swaziland; Eritrea v Botswana; Seychelles v Burundi; Liberia v Guinea Bissau; Central African Republic v Madagascar; Mauritius v Kenya; Tanzania v Malawi
Second round (November 2015):
Somalia or Niger v Cameroon; South Sudan or Mauritania v Tunisia ; Gambia or Namibia v Guinea; Sao Tome and Principe or Ethiopia v Congo; Chad or Sierra Leone v Egypt; Comoros or Lesotho v Ghana; Djibouti or Swaziland v Nigeria; Eritrea or Botswana v Mali; Seychelles or Burundi v Democratic Republic of Congo; Liberia or Guinea Bissau v Ivory Coast; Central Africa Republic or Madagascar v Senegal; Mauritius or Kenya v Cape Verde; Tanzania or Malawi v Algeria; Sudan v Zambia; Libya v Rwanda; Morocco v Equatorial Guinea; Mozambique v Gabon; Benin v Burkina Faso; Togo v Uganda; Angola v South Africa
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