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HIBAPRESS-RABAT-According to Afrik Foot
Monday January 27, Rabat will host the draw for CAN 2025, which will be organized in Morocco from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026. While waiting for this event, let’s look ahead to what would be the worst and best possible draw for the host country.
As host country and best African selection in FIFA rankingMorocco obviously benefits from the top seed status for this drawwhich guarantees it avoids running into big names like the Ivorian holder, the Algerian rival, or even Senegal, Egypt and Nigeria, all of which also appear in hat 1.
Morocco’s group at CAN 2025 will be made up of a team from each of the following hats:
Hat 2: Tunisia, Cameroon, Mali, DR Congo, South Africa, Burkina Faso. Hat 3: Angola, Gabon, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, Zambia, Benin. Hat 4: Mozambique, Comoros, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana.
From there, the Afrik-Foot editorial team engaged in the game of projections.
The best draw for Morocco: Burkina Faso-Equatorial Guinea-Tanzania
For Morocco, the most lenient draw would undoubtedly include the Burkina Faso in hat 2. Disappointing in recent months and eliminated in the round of 16 of the previous edition, the Stallions were certainly the first to qualify for this CAN in Morocco. The fact remains that Bertrand Traoré’s teammates saw doubts resurface at the end of the qualifiers with two defeats against Senegal (0-1) and especially against Malawi (0-3).
In hat 3, the Equatorial Guineawho had seduced for a while during the last CAN, no longer makes anyone tremble and qualified by winning only two victories (against the modest Liberia) and being corrected 3-0 by Togo.
Finally, it is difficult in hat 4 not to opt for the Tanzania that the Morocco outclassed 2-0 in November 2023 then 3-0 at the start of 2024 at the last CAN.
© IconSport The worst draw for Morocco: Mali-Angola-Comoros
Conversely, confronting the Mali would not be a gift for the host country. Quarter-finalists of the last CAN, the Eagles are undefeated since the appointment of their new coach Tom Saintfiet (4 wins, 2 draws) and still as solid and difficult to maneuver.
He also quarter-finalist of the last CAN and also undefeated during these qualifications, Angola would also serve as a difficult draw for Morocco, which had the greatest difficulty in defeating the Palancas Negras last March in a friendly match in Agadir (1-0).
In the same vein, the Comorosalways so catchy and adept at big shots against the big names, would also have everything a bad draw for Morocco. Especially since things went badly for the last selection from North Africa which crossed paths with the Coelacanths, Tunisia only taking one point out of six against them in the qualifiers for this CAN!
