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The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, also referred to as AFCON 2025 or CAN 2025, is scheduled to be the 35th edition of the biennial African football tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). [1] It will be hosted by Morocco for the second time and the first since 1988. [2]
All CAF member associations entered the competition, except Eritrea and Seychelles, who were excluded from the qualifiers.The seeding was based on the FIFA World Ranking from 15 February 2024, with teams ranked 1st to 44th received a bye to the qualifying group stage, while the teams ranked 45th to 52nd had to participate in the preliminary round.
The preliminary round of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament decided the four teams which advanced to the group stage of the qualification tournament. The preliminary round consisted of the eight lowest-ranked teams among the 52 entrants, and was held from 20 to 26 March 2024.
The group consisted of four teams: Egypt, Cape Verde, Mauritania and Botswana. [2] The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between September and November 2024. [3] Egypt and Botswana, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
Most successful Afcon teams. 17:10, Chris Wilson. ... The draw for Afcon 2025 takes place in the Mohammed V National Theatre in Rabat, Morocco on 27 January at 6pm GMT (7pm local time).
The 2025 Afcon will begin on 21 December next year and run until 18 January ... The fixture schedule has not been announced, so there is still the potential for games to be played on Christmas Day ...
The group consisted of four teams: Ghana, Angola, Sudan and Niger. [2] The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between September and November 2024. [3] Angola and Sudan, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
Ghana's hopes of reaching the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations are over as Comoros, Mali, Zambia and Zimbabwe qualify with one round of group matches to spare.