By Izuchukwu Okosi
The Confederation of African Football on Friday released dates for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers which shows that Nigeria will start their final qualifying round with an away match against Zambia.
The draws for the final round of qualifiers was conducted in Cairo, Egypt with Nigeria grouped alongside Zambia, Algeria and Cameroon.
The Super Eagles, still without a substantive coach in charge will begin the journey to Russia 2018 with an away fixture on October 3 against Zambia. The Super Eagles will then have two back-to-back home games.
The Eagles will be at home against Algeria on 7 November before hosting Cameroon on 28 August, 2017 on matchdays 2 and 3. They will travel to Cameroon on Match day 4 on 2 September 2017.
Nigeria’s final two games are at home to Zambia on 2 October, 2017, then away to Algeria on 6 November, 2017.
Nigeria picked their first-ever World Cup ticket with a 1-1 draw in Algeria in 1993.
Group B fixtures
3 October
Zambia vs NIGERIA
Algeria vs Cameroon
7 November
NIGERIA vs Algeria
Cameroon vs Zambia
28 August, 2017
NIGERIA vs Cameroon
Zambia vs Algeria
2 September, 2017
Cameroon vs NIGERIA
Algeria vs Zambia
2 October, 2017
NIGERIA vs Zambia
Cameroon vs Algeria
8 November, 2017
Algeria vs NIGERIA
Zambia vs Cameroon
