South Africa head coach, Hugo Broos expects his side to go through to 2026 FIFA World Cup, ahead of Nigeria.

After Thursday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup African Qualifying Draw, South Africa were drawn in Group C alongside Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Benin Republic and Rwanda.

In the qualifiers, Group winners pick the automatic ticket, while the runners-up will have to go through the playoff tournaments.

Reacting to the draw, Broos believes the Bafana Bafana have the quality to make it through the group.

“The away games will be very important in a group like ours, but, now a little bit more because we have five difficult away games for different reasons,” the Belgian was quoted by safa.net.

“I think it is possible for South Africa to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup first in the group.”

Like the Super Eagles, Bafana Bafana failed to qualify for last World Cup tournament in Qatar.