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FIFA 2026 Qualifier: Nigeria Get Easy Draw

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Earlier today, the 54 Member Associations of CAF got divided into nine(9) Groups with six(6) teams each.



Each team will play twice against every other team in their Group in a home-away, round-robin format. That means each team will play a total of ten games in all (5 home and 5 away games).

The 9 teams that emerge as Group winners will qualify directly to the FIFA World Cup 2026.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup. The tournament will take place tentatively from 11 Jun 2026 – Sun, 19 Jul 2026 and will be jointly hosted by 16 cities in three North American countries: Canada, Mexico, and the United States (United 2026)

1. The tournament will be the first hosted by three nations.

2. The tournament will be the first to include 48 teams, expanded from 32. .

3. It will be the first World Cup since 2002 (Korea/Japan) to be hosted by more than one nation.

4. With its past hosting of the 1970 and 1986 tournaments, Mexico will become the first country to host or co-host the men's World Cup three times.

5. The United States last hosted the World Cup in 1994, whereas it will be Canada's first time hosting or co-hosting the men's tournament.



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