May face
Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana
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| Super Eagles' Victor Moses battles with Lone Star captain Gebro Duncan in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier played in Calabar. The Eagles won 6-1 |
The Super Eagles of Nigeria was not one of the
top-seeded teams by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in the seeding
for the 2013 Nations Cup draw released on Monday.
The Eagles failed to make Pot 1 that contained the
top seeded teams which will not have to face each other when the draws are
carried out on Wednesday, October 24 in Durban, South Africa.
South Africa, Zambia and Ghana are the other top
seeds in Pot 1 while Mali, Tunisia, Angola and Nigeria will be in Pot 2,
Algeria, Burkina Faso, Morocco and Niger in Pot 3 and Togo, Cape Verde,
Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia in Pot 4.
CAF explained that the seeding ‘is based on results
from the past three Cup of Nations tournaments in Ghana, Angola and Gabon and
Equatorial Guinea and, theoretically, keeps the "big guns" apart.’
Given this arrangement, the Super Eagles that was
once always rated as a top team, could end up facing one of the four ‘big guns’
in Pot 1. A battle against the biggest team on the continent; Cote d’Ivoire’s
Elephants, eternal African rivals; Black Stars of Ghana or defending champions;
Chipolopolo of Zambia might be in the works for Coach Stephen Keshi’s Eagles
that romped to an outstanding 6-1 victory a boastful Lone Star of Liberia side
on Saturday.
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