According to a Confederation of African Football statement on Monday, the 10 qualified teams will be divided into two.
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Esteban Obiang’s goal in the remaining 20 minutes of the match was the only deciding factor between the two teams.
The decision came just hours before they were due to play Algeria in Doha, with the other against Syria on Tuesday.
The Nigerian side got 1478.78 points to keep her place on the log and will feature as the fifth best on the continent when the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations kick off in January.
The decision was made known at the 3rd Session of the Algerian-Nigerian Political Consultation held in Algiers.
The Nigerian side remained fifth best ranked the team on the continent behind Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.
With 1492.37 points, the Nigerian side retained her 34th position globally and fifth in Africa.
The ceremony billed for Yaounde Conference Centre will see the 24 participating teams zoned into six groups of four teams each as the competition gets underway in January 2022.
First-named teams are hosts and first-leg results are in brackets.
CAF Director of Competitions Samson Adamu conducted the draw, assisted by Mauritania’s legend Mustapha Fall on Wednesday in Nouakchott, Mauritania.
Two of the matches will be played on Friday and five others on Saturday.
Mustapha, the Secretary to the Federal Government, said this when he gave his remarks at the briefing of the PTF on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday.
Russia’s Deputy Minister of Defence, Alexander Fomin, disclosed this in an interview with the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper on Sunday.
It will be recalled that the winger was not named in the matchday squad for Tuesday evening’s 1-1 draw of the Super Eagles of Nigeria with Tunisia as he had to return to France due to the injury he sustained against Algeria last Friday.
Galadima said on Saturday that this was necessary because the team was in the process of assessing new players ahead of qualification for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Desert Foxes of Algeria on Friday night beat the Super Eagles by a lone goal to extend their unbeaten run in all matches to 19.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the match, initially scheduled to hold at the Jacques Lemmans Arena, has now been moved to the Worthersee Stadium in Klagenfurt.
It can simply be seen as a battle for supremacy between two of Africa’s football giants.
The senior national male football team are in Austria for international friendly matches against African champions Algeria on Friday and Africa’s number two-ranked team Tunisia on October 13.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that reigning African champions Algeria are Super Eagles’ opponents in the first of the two international friendlies to be played in Austria.