
The wait is over for the CAF Africa Cup of Nations, containing 24 nations that have qualified for the Total Energies AFCON 2025 that will be hosted by Morroco.
In Ivory Coast, Bafana Bafana pulled a stunt surprising everyone and finishing third beating DR Congo in a dramatic penalty shootout in the AFCON 2023.
The draw consists of 4 seeded draw pots placed according to their rankings. Pot one has Morrocco, Senegal Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, and Cote d’Ivoire. Pot two, Cameroon, South Africa, DR Congo, Mali, Tunisia and Burkina Faso.
Pot three: Gabon, Angola, Uganda, Zambia, Equatorial Guinea and Benin. In pot Four: Mozambique, Tanzania, Botswana, Comoros, Sudan and Zimbabwe.
Final draw Confirmed Groups.
The host country is automatically placed in the first group A followed by Mali, Zambia, and Comoros Group B Egypt, South Africa, Angola, and Zimbabwe. Group c Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda, and Tanzania.
Group D Senegal DR Congo, Benin, and Botswana. Group E: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, and Sudan Completing groups F: Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, and Mozambique.
Group B is favorably likely to be labeled as the group of dead, the Egyptian Kings have faced South Africa 12 times, played Angola 15 times, won 8 games, lost 1, and drew 6 games.
The countdown begins 11 months to go as the competition will start on the 21st of December till the 18th of January 2026.