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Countdown to the CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2025 Qualifiers Draw

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2 days ago

July 2, 2024

The countdown to the Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 has officially begun, as anticipation towards the official draw of the qualifiers to Africa’s biggest calendar event sets in across the continent.

A total of 48 African nations await with bated breath for Thursday’s event which marks an exciting milestone towards the 35th edition of CAF’s flagship competition, that has since surpassed all expectations at its recent staging in Cote d’Ivoire earlier this year.

Hailed as the best AFCON thanks to the breathtaking moments on the pitch, world-class viewing experience, exceptional organisation and record global viewership, the biggest event on African soil has catapulted to its greatest heights.

With the baton now officially handed over to Morocco following its unparalleled success in Cote d’Ivoire, all nations will be aiming at securing at place at what has now become one of the biggest tournaments in world football.

The official draw will take place at 14h30 Local Time (12h30 GMT) and will be hosted by two African football greats to be announced by CAF in due course.

The draw on Thursday officially maps the pathway to qualification to Morocco, where each of the 48 nations will be drawn into the Twelve (12) groups of four (4) that will determine who qualifies for next year’s continental showpiece set to be contested by 24 nations.

Teams to be engaged for the AFCON Morocco 2025 Qualifiers Draw:

Morocco (hosts), Cote d’Ivoire, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, 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.

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Morocco 2025 Afcon offers the fastest qualifiers ever

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36 mins ago

July 4, 2024

Kunle Solaja

BY KUNLE SOLAJA.

It won’t be a marathon. It is a dash. The qualifying series for the Morocco 2025 Africa Cup of Nations will be the fastest qualifying series in history.

Sports Vullage Square reports that the entire 144-match series will be played within 79 days ranging from September 2 to 19 November this year. The qualified 24 teams will then wait for one year for the final tournament to commence in Morocco on 21 December 2025 and ending on 18 January 2026.

Matches Day 1 and 2 of the qualifiers will take place in the September international window of 2-10 September. The next two matches of each teams are scheduled for the next window of October 7 to 15 while the Match Day 5 and 6 will be played from November 11 to 19.

The top two teams of each of the groups will qualify for the final tournament.

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Qualifying groups for AFCON Morocco 2025 revealed

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2 hours ago

July 4, 2024

Kunle Solaja

The road to Morocco 2025 Africa Cup of Nations has been mapped following the draw for the qualifiers which was concluded in Johannesburg on Thursday.

Groups:

Group A: Tunisia, Madagascar, Comoros, Gambia
Group B: Morocco, Gabon,Central Africa Republic, Lesotho
Group C: Egypt, Cape Verde, Mauritania, Botswana
Group D: Nigeria, Benin Libya, Rwanda
Group E: Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Togo, Liberia
Group F: Ghana, Angola, Sudan, Niger
Group G: Cote d’Ivoire, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Chad
Group H: DR Congo, Guinea, Tanzania, Ethiopia
Group I: Mali, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Eswatini
Group J: Cameroon, Namibia, Kenya, Zimbabwe
Group K: South Africa, Uganda, Congo, South Sudan
Group L: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Burundi

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We said it! Nigeria face Benin Republic again

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2 hours ago

July 4, 2024

Kunle Solaja

BY KUNLE SOLAJA.

As earlier projected by Sports Village Square on Wednesday, the Thursday draw of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series has pitched Nigeria and Benin Republic together.

Both teams are also in the same World Cup qualifying group. In their match last month, Benin beat Nigeria 2-1. It was the first ever competitive match defeat of Nigeria by their western neighbours. Benin Republic are being coached by Nigeria’s former handler, Gernot Rohr.

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Also in the same Group D of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers is Rwanda which like Nigeria and Benin Republic are in Group C of the World Cup qualifiers.

Rwanda, the unlikely leaders in the World Cup qualifiers, are Nigeria’s next opponents when the series resume on March 17, 2025. Rwanda will host Nigeria.

Also in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying Group D is Libya which belonged to the same qualifying group of 2019 with Nigeria. Nigeria won both legs.