The Nigerian team, drawn in Group C along with Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea and Libya will open their campaign with a game with Rwanda. The match, along with those against Equatorial Guinea and Libya will hold at Stade Ibn Batouta.
Tangier, the Moroccan port on the Strait of Gibraltar, where Nigeria picked the ticket for the football event of the 1976 Montreal Olympics, is where the home based Super Eagles will begin their campaign to win the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in January.
Morocco, the hosts, will open the competition with a match with Mauritania at the 65,000 capacity Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca.
The competition, like those of the higher Africa Cup of Nations will be played in double-header format.
Immediately after the Morocco versus Mauritania clash, Sudan and Guinea will take the pitch in Group A.
In Group B are the quartet of Cote d’Ivoire, Uganda, Namibia and Zambia. They will play their matches at the Stade de Marrakech in Marrakech.
Group D comprise of the ABC teams of Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Congo. They will play their matches at the Stade Adrar in Agadir.
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