{"id":379402,"date":"2017-12-01T16:29:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T16:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=379402"},"modified":"2017-12-01T16:40:48","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T16:40:48","slug":"egypt-face-hosts-russia-nigeria-drawn-argentina-2018-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/egypt-face-hosts-russia-nigeria-drawn-argentina-2018-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt face hosts Russia, Nigeria drawn with Argentina in 2018 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seven-time African Champions, Egypt have been drawn to face hosts Russia, Saudi Arabia and Uruguay in Group A at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, who were crowned champions of Africa in 2013, will face Argentina for the fifth time in the group stages of the World Cup<\/p>\n<p>They are joined in Group D by Iceland and Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco who beat Ivory Coast to make it to the tournament will face a huge task of making it out of their group after they were drawn against European Champions Portugal and Spain who have won the World Cup in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal\u00a0were\u00a0grouped with\u00a0Poland, Colombia and Japan while\u00a0Tunisia will be hoping they can make it out of a difficult group with Belgium, Panama and England.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champions Germany\u00a0will be expected to qualify from a group which has Sweden, Mexico and South Korea<\/p>\n<p>Hosts Russia play Saudi Arabia in the World Cup&#8217;s opening game in Moscow on 14 June (16:00 BST).<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 tournament takes place across Russia between 14 June and 15 July.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-379403\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Germany.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"988\" height=\"556\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sp-story-body__cross-head\"><strong>World Cup groups in full<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Group A:\u00a0<\/b>Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uruguay<\/li>\n<li><b>Group B:<\/b>\u00a0Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran<\/li>\n<li><b>Group C:<\/b>\u00a0France, Australia, Peru, Denmark<\/li>\n<li><b>Group D:<\/b>\u00a0Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria<\/li>\n<li><b>Group E:<\/b>\u00a0Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia<\/li>\n<li><b>Group F:<\/b>\u00a0Germany, Sweden, Mexico, South Korea<\/li>\n<li><b>Group G:<\/b>\u00a0Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England<\/li>\n<li><b>Group H:<\/b>\u00a0Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven-time African Champions, Egypt have been drawn to face hosts Russia, Saudi Arabia and Uruguay in Group A at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. 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