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The organizers of the 2023 AFCON have secured the same hotel for two eternal rivals in African football.
Nigeria’s Super Eagles of Group A will will stay in the same hotel with the Black Stars of Ghana of group B for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
The two teams will be lodged at the 5-star Pullman Hotel, Abidjan.
The Super Eagles have been drawn in Group A with hosts Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.
Jose Peseiro’s men will play their first two games against Nzalang Nacional of Equatorial Guinea and Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire at the Alassane Quattara Stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan.
The three-time champions’ final group game against the Djurtus of Guinea-Bissau is slated for Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan.
The Super Eagles are scheduled to arrive in Abidjan for AFCON 2023 on Wednesday, January 10.
Ghana’s Black Stars are drawn in Group B with seven-time champions Egypt, Cape Verde and Mozambique.
Chris Hughton’s men will play their group games at the Houphouet Boigny Stadium, in Abidjan.
The tournament will start on the 13th of January and runs till 11th of February.