Home-Super Eagles has been handed a tough draw in next year’s African Nations Championship, Rwanda 2016.
The Sunday Oliseh lads were drawn in Group C against the 2011 champions, Tunisia, Niger, debutants Guinea with Zimbabwe, one of two teams to have competed at every edition of the CHAN since its birth in 2009, in Group D with Mali, Uganda and Zambia.
The draw was held on Sunday at the plush Serena Hotel in Kigali, with CAF Secretary General, Hicham El Amrani, conducting the draw with the assistance of Rwanda captain, Haruna Niyonzima, and head coach of the Rwanda women’s national team, Marie Grace Umuntu.
Meanwhile, the host, Rwanda, was drawn in Group A alongside Gabon, Morocco and Cote d’Ivoire for the fourth edition of the tournament designed exclusively for footballers playing in their domestic leagues.
Winners of the maiden edition in 2009, DR Congo, are housed in Group B with 2011 losing finalists Angola, Cameroon and Ethiopia.
The final tournament of the Orange CHAN 2016 will take place from 16 January to 7 February 2016 in Rwanda.
Group A will be based at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Group B in Butare, Group C at the Nyamirambo Stadium, also in Kigali with Gisenyi hosting Group D.
Full fixtures:
A – Rwanda, Gabon, Morocco, Cote D’Ivoire
B – DR Congo, Angola. Cameroon, Ethiopia
C – Tunisia, Nigeria Niger, Guinea
D – Zimbabwe, Mali, Uganda, Zambia.