Super Eagles in pot 4 for Russia 2018 World cup draws

-Super Eagles may land in a tough group at the Russia 2018 World cup tournament.

-The Eagles have been drawn in pot 4 for the draws.

Eagles wait to know group stage opponents at Russia 2018.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn in Pot 4 of the 2018 FIFA World Cup draw which will hold on Friday, December 1 at the Moscow’s State Kremlin Palace.

Nigeria finds itself in Pot 4 courtesy of its 41st position on the October FIFA Ranking which was used for the allocation of the Pots.

A ranking of all the 32 teams that qualified for the 2018 World Cup, sees Nigeria ranked in 22nd position.

The first eight teams (from the countries going to the World Cup) are placed in Pot 1 followed by the next eight countries.

This means that Nigeria may face countries like Russia, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland and France in the group stage of the tournament.

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According to FIFA’s principle, no teams from the same confederation, with the exception of UEFA, which could have up to two teams in the same group, will be drawn into the same group.

This means the Super Eagles won’t be playing any of the qualified African countries at the group stage of the World cup.

Pot 1: Russia, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland, France

Pot 2: Spain, Peru, Switzerland, England, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Croatia

Pot 3: Denmark, Iceland, Costa Rica, Sweden, Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal, Iran

Pot 4: Serbia, Nigeria, Australia, Japan, Morocco, Panama, Korea Republic, Saudi Arabia