Revealed: South Africa, Gabon and 6 other countries that could deny Super Eagles World Cup ticket

• Nigeria's accidental of playing astatine the 2026 FIFA World Cup was dealt a monolithic stroke aft the gully against Zimbabwe
• The Super Eagles are present six points down South Africa, who are connected people to prime Group C’s automatic slot
• Nigeria's lone different enactment is finishing arsenic 1 of the champion 4 second-placed teams to spell done the playoffs

The Super Eagles of Nigeria look the existent anticipation of missing retired connected the 2026 FIFA World Cup aft a disappointing 1-1 gully against Zimbabwe connected Tuesday.

Tawanda Chirewa pounced connected a antiaircraft mix-up successful the 90th infinitesimal to cancel Victor Osimhen's extremity to unafraid a constituent that volition wounded Nigeria successful the agelong run.

Super Eagles players earlier their 2-0 triumph implicit Rwanda successful Kigali. Photo from @NGSuperEagles.
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Nigeria are 4th successful Group C, 1 constituent down Rwanda and Benin Republic successful 2nd and third, and six points down radical leaders South Africa.

This has further made the chances of Nigeria qualifying for the tourney adjacent much difficult, if not intolerable yet astatine this signifier with 4 games left.

Countries successful Nigeria’s path

FIFA volition organise the expanded 2026 FIFA World Cup successful the United States of America, Mexico and Canada, the archetypal Mundial to beryllium competed by 48 nations.

According to FIFA, UEFA person 16 automatic slots, CAF person nine, AFC person eight, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL person six each, and OFC person one.

In the CAF qualification series, determination are 9 groups, with the radical winners securing automatic qualification, portion there's an accidental for 4 second-placed teams to spell done the playoffs.

Super Eagles players earlier their 1-1 gully against Zimbabwe successful Uyo. Photo from @WTroostEkong.
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The Super Eagles person 7 points successful 4th place, 1 down the 2nd and 3rd and indispensable triumph their remaining 4 games to person the accidental of astatine slightest finishing second.

However, this whitethorn not beryllium capable arsenic they are presently worse successful points than 8 retired of the second-placed teams crossed different groups and are improbable to decorativeness among the apical four.

As noted by Naija Footballers, Gabon presently pb that array with 15 points, portion Cameroon, Senegal, Namibia, Comoros, and Mozambique person 12 points each, with Burkina Faso having 11.

If Nigeria triumph their remaining 4 games and accumulate 12 points, their wide tally volition determination to 19 points. While this whitethorn oregon whitethorn not beryllium capable to overtake South Africa successful Group C, would it beryllium capable to decorativeness 4th connected the playoffs table?

The Super Eagles request to gain their disposable points and besides privation that South Africa, Gabon, Cameroon, Senegal, Namibia, Comoros, Mozambique and Burkina Faso driblet points.

In essence, Nigeria request 12 maximum points successful the last 4 games and request 8 different countries to driblet points, which volition instrumentality highly miraculous situations.

Eric Chelle reacts to Nigeria's draw

Legit.ng reported that Eric Chelle made an honorable admission aft Nigeria played a disappointing 1-1 gully against Zimbabwe astatine the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium connected Tuesday.

The manager claimed his squad was the champion connected the transportation and deserved to triumph but admitted that they made immoderate mistakes which outgo them triumph adjacent though they were the champion team.

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Source: Legit.ng