South Africa and Nigeria to Renew Rivalry in Upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
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South Africa and Nigeriawill continue their rivalry on the football field in a bid to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Bafana and the Super Eagles were drawn together in Group C for the upcoming CAF qualifiers.
With the 2026 WorldCup featuring 48 teams for the first time, Africa will be represented by nine sides.
Those nine teams will qualify for the World Cup by topping their groups in the upcoming qualifiers. The African qualifiers feature nine groups of six teams, all vying for the automatic spots.
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FootballSouth Africa and Nigeria will compete for the top spot alongside Zimbabwe, Benin, Rwanda and Lesotho.
The qualifiers get underway in November 2023.
How Bafana and Nigeria rankThe Super Eagles and Bafana are favourites to fight for the top spot in the group, considering that the other four sides have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup before.
The other sides are also ranked significantly lower than either Nigeria or South Africa.
Nigeria:Currently ranked sixth on the continent, the Super Eagles are also ranked 39th in the world. They have qualified for the World Cup six times already and last featured in the tournament in 2018.
South Africa:Bafana are the only African side to host the FIFA World Cup in 2010, and it was also the last time that they featured in
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