JOHANNESBURG: Nigeria could only draw 0-0 with Group B winners Algeria in Dakar and must face hosts Senegal in the semifinals of the African 2016 Olympic Games qualifying tournament.

With a ticket to Rio at stake next Wed-nesday, Nigeria would have preferred Group A runners-up South Africa, a country they traditionally dominate at all levels of football.

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