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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is set to perform the Final Draw for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 today in Rabat. For the 24 national teams that have qualified for Africa’s leading football competition, this defining event will decide the group-stage pairings.
Event Particulars
- Date: January 27, 2025
- Time: 19:00 local time (18:00 Greenwich Mean Time)
- Location: Rabat, Morocco.
The draw will divide the 24 eligible teams into six groups of four. The top two teams from each group as well as the four best third-placed teams will progress to the Round of 16, thereby starting the knockout phase of the competition.
Qualified Teams
1. Morocco (Hosts)
2. Algeria
3. Angola
4. Benin
5. Botswana
6. Burkina Faso
7. Cameroon
8. Comoros
9. Côte d’Ivoire
10. Democratic Republic of Congo
11. Egypt
12. Equatorial Guinea
13. Gabon
14. Mali
15. Mozambique
16. Nigeria
17. Senegal
18. South Africa
19. Sudan
20. Tanzania
21. Tunisia
22. Uganda
23. Zambia
24. Zimbabwe
Having each negotiated a challenging qualification process to secure their tournament spot, these clubs reflect the top of African soccer.
Tournament Schedule
- December 21, 2025, starting kickoff
- Jan. 18, 2026 Final Match
Morocco hosting the AFCON for the first time since the 1988 edition. The country will also share the hosting of the 2030 FIFA World Cup with Spain and Portugal, thereby further highlighting its increasing relevance in the worldwide soccer scene.
Patrice Motsepe, CAF President, expressed his excitement: “We are sure that AFCON Morocco 2025 will be very excellent and will be the best AFCON in the history of this tournament.”
The draw will be done using the FIFA World Rankings of December 2024 to provide a fair and challenging group stage. Fans from all over the continent and beyond eagerly await the results, expecting exciting games and the preservation of AFCON’s great soccer history.
