The Super Eagles will be one of the top seeds for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament when the draw is staged on July 12 after they were ranked as the sixth best team in Africa and 39th globally in the latest FIFA Rankings.
FIFA Rankings will be used to seed teams for the 2025 FIFA World Cup draw next month.
Morocco remain Africa’s top team as they are 13th in the world, Senegal second (18), Tunisia third (31), while Algeria are 33rd and Egypt 34th.
The other teams in the Top 9 are Cameroon (7th), Mali (8th) and Cote d’Ivoire (9th).
As top seeds, Nigeria are expected to avoid all these teams as nine teams will represent Africa at the next World Cup in USA, Mexico and Canada with an additional team also getting a chance to playoff for a spot.
But there are some teams outside the Top 9 like Ghana, who eliminated Nigeria from the 2022 World Cup, South Africa and Burkina Faso, who could pose a danger to the World Cup ambitions of the seeded teams.
In the month under review, the Eagles beat Sierra Leone 3-2 to qualify for the 2023 AFCON to be hosted by Cote d’Ivoire in January.
