The draws for the qualifying series of TotalEnergies CAF African Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025 will hold on Thursday July 4, 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
According to CAF, the draw will be conducted at SuperSport studios in South Africa at 14h30 local time (15h30 Cairo time, 12h30 GMT.
48 African countries including the four winners from the preliminary round (Chad, Eswatini, Liberia and South Sudan) will be drawn into 12 Groups of four teams each to battle it out for places at the finals.
Cote d’Ivoire joined by Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini and Ethiopia will be involved in the draw.
Others include Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
After the draw would have been made in July, the qualifying series will officially kick off in September 2024 where 24 nations that will compete for Africa’s biggest event, the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco in 2025 will emerge.
selected CAF legends, representatives of the participating teams, members of the Local Organising Committee for TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 amongst others will be in attendance for the draw in July.
Hosts Cote D’Ivoire won the last edition of AFCON after defeating the Super Eagles of Nigeria 2-1 at the Alasanne Outtarra stadium in Abidjan.
CAF is yet to make an announcement concerning when Morocco 2025 AFCON will kick start.