The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the dates for the qualifiers for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations, which will be hosted by Morocco in the summer of 2025.
The Africa Cup of Nations (Morocco 2025) is scheduled to be held from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026.
The draw for the African Nations Cup qualifiers was held on Thursday afternoon, which resulted in the Egyptian national team being at the top of Group Three, which includes Botswana, Mauritania and Cape Verde.
The first and second rounds of the African qualifiers for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations are scheduled to take place between September 2 and 10, 2024.
While the third and fourth rounds will be held between October 7 and 15, 2024, the fifth and sixth rounds will be held between November 11 and 19.
Africa Cup of Nations draw results
Group 1: Gambia – Comoros – Madagascar – Tunisia.
Group 2: Lesotho – Central Africa – Gabon – Morocco.
Group 3: Botswana – Mauritania – Cape Verde – Egypt.
Group 4: Rwanda – Libya – Benin – Nigeria.
Group 5: Liberia – Togo – Equatorial Guinea – Algeria.
Group Six: Niger – Sudan – Angola – Ghana.
Group Seven: Chad – Sierra Leone – Zambia – Ivory Coast.
Group: Eight: Ethiopia – Tanzania – Guinea – Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Group 9: Eswatini – Guinea-Bissau – Mozambique – Mali.
Group 10: Zimbabwe – Kenya – Namibia – Cameroon.
Group 11: South Sudan – Congo – Uganda – South Africa.
Group Twelve: Burundi – Malawi – Burkina Faso – Senegal.