Nigeria, Algeria, Cameroon and NigeriaZambia have all been drawn in the same qualifying group for the 2018 World Cup.
With only the winners of each four-team group making it through to the tournament in Russia, Group B – which also includes Zambia – looks to be by far the most difficult section.
Nigeria, Algeria and Cameroon all qualified for the 2014 World Cup but at least two of them will miss out next time after the draw was made at CAF’s headquarters in Cairo on Friday.
The 20 African nations were sorted into five groups for the final stage of qualifying and will play each side in their pool home-and-away over the course of the campaign.
Ghana made it to the last World Cup and they have been drawn in Group E with Egypt, Congo and Uganda.