The draw for the London 2012 Olympic Games African qualifiers second round fixtures were made in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday with Nigeria handed tricky reverse fixtures with Tanzania.
Tanzania have turned giant killers as they dispatched former Olympic champions Cameroon 4-3 in post match penalty shootouts at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Saturday to reach the second round.
The East African country will host Nigeria in the first leg in Dar es Salaam on the weekend of June 3-5 while the reverse fixture takes place two weeks later in Nigeria. Nigeria won the men's football gold at the Atlanta '96 Olympic Games.
In the draw conducted by the Confederation of African Football Secretary-General Hicham El-Amrani, Egypt were drawn with their Arab neighbours Sudan, who pulled off a major shock in the qualifiers by eliminating highly-rated Ghana from the race to London.
Algeria were drawn against Zambia while Morocco will face DR Congo. Gabon will take on Mali while Benin battle South Africa. Tunisia were drawn with Senegal.
The eventual winners of the tie between Liberia and Ivory Coast will play Congo Brazzaville. The delayed second leg of the clash is set to be played in Monrovia on April 20, with the Ivorians leading 4-0.
According to CAF, the quarterfinals will be organised by a group system, as the last eight will be divided into two groups. The body added that a new qualifying system would be applied for the next stage of the championship, as three teams are going to represent Africa at the Olympics with a fourth African team meeting a team from Asia in a play-off match to be held on April 12, 2012 in London.
The national U-23 team coach Austin Eguavoen hailed the draw, saying his team would reach the quarterfinals.
"To be honest, I don't know anything about our opponents," he told SuperSport on Wednesday.
"They defeated Cameroon in the first round so that is a side that should be treated with respect.
" I am sure we will deliver yet again."
Tanzania have turned giant killers as they dispatched former Olympic champions Cameroon 4-3 in post match penalty shootouts at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Saturday to reach the second round.
The East African country will host Nigeria in the first leg in Dar es Salaam on the weekend of June 3-5 while the reverse fixture takes place two weeks later in Nigeria. Nigeria won the men's football gold at the Atlanta '96 Olympic Games.
In the draw conducted by the Confederation of African Football Secretary-General Hicham El-Amrani, Egypt were drawn with their Arab neighbours Sudan, who pulled off a major shock in the qualifiers by eliminating highly-rated Ghana from the race to London.
Algeria were drawn against Zambia while Morocco will face DR Congo. Gabon will take on Mali while Benin battle South Africa. Tunisia were drawn with Senegal.
The eventual winners of the tie between Liberia and Ivory Coast will play Congo Brazzaville. The delayed second leg of the clash is set to be played in Monrovia on April 20, with the Ivorians leading 4-0.
According to CAF, the quarterfinals will be organised by a group system, as the last eight will be divided into two groups. The body added that a new qualifying system would be applied for the next stage of the championship, as three teams are going to represent Africa at the Olympics with a fourth African team meeting a team from Asia in a play-off match to be held on April 12, 2012 in London.
The national U-23 team coach Austin Eguavoen hailed the draw, saying his team would reach the quarterfinals.
"To be honest, I don't know anything about our opponents," he told SuperSport on Wednesday.
"They defeated Cameroon in the first round so that is a side that should be treated with respect.
" I am sure we will deliver yet again."
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