The 2025 AFCON preliminary round draw was on Monday morning held by the Confederation of African Football, CAF.
It was held at the headquarters of CAF in Cairo, Egypt earlier today.
The eight lowest-ranked teams in the last FIFA ranking were involved in the preliminary round.
Here is the preliminary draw:
First leg:
Somalia vs Eswatini
Sao Tome vs South Sudan
Chad vs Mauritius
Djibouti vs Liberia
Second leg:
Eswatini vs Somalia
South Sudan vs Sao Tome
Mauritius vs Chad
Liberia vs Djibouti
First round of games will be played on a home and away basis between 20-26 March 2024.
The four preliminary round winners will join the 44 exempted teams for the group stage.
However, 24 teams will take part in the AFCON 2025 finals to be hosted by Morocco.
The 2025 AFCON will hold in July/August 2025 in the North African country.