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The draw for the African Cup of Nations U-20 CAF Totalnergies, Côte d’Ivoire 2025 will be held on Thursday, February 13 at CAF headquarters in Cairo at 2:25 p.m. local time (12:25 pm GMT).
The event will be broadcast live on CAF TV and will benefit from the participation of former Malian international Adama Coulibaly as well as the former Senegalese-star Souleymane Camara, who will officer as an assistant to the draw.
The competition will bring together 13 nations from April 26 to May 18, 2025. The best four teams will obtain their qualification for the U-20 World Cup of FIFA 2025, which will take place in Chile from September 27 to October 19, 2025.
Qualified teams for the African Cup of Nations U-20 CAF Totalnergies, Côte d’Ivoire 2025
Ivory Coast (host country) DR Congo Egypt Ghana Kenya Morocco Nigeria Sénégal Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Uniffac 2 (to be determined) Zambia
Tournament format
The 13 qualified teams will be divided into three groups (A, B and C).
Group A will include five teams, while groups B and C will have four each.
As host countries, Côte d’Ivoire will be automatically placed in position A1 in group A.
The positioning of the other teams will be determined according to the final classification of the previous edition of the CAN U-20 (Egypt 2023).
Senegal, holding the title, will be placed in position C1, while Nigeria, bronze medalist in 2023, will be assigned to position B1.
The second representative of the Uniffac zone has not yet been designated due to the suspension of the Republic of Congo by FIFA. However, the team that will represent this area will be integrated into pot 1 (level 2), alongside Egypt and Zambia. These three teams will then be allocated to the A2, B2 and C2 positions.
At the end of the group phase, the two best teams of each group as well as the two best thirds will qualify for the quarter -finals, and the competition will continue in a direct elimination format.
Draw procedure
The draw will be made using five separate pots:
Pot 1: Egypt, Uniffac 2, Zambia (Level 2) Pot 2: Ghana, RD Congo, Kenya, Morocco, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania Pot 3: A2 positions, B2 & C2 Pot 4: positions A3, B3 & C3 Pot 5: A4, B4 & C4 positions
Level 2 teams (pot 1) will first be drawn and placed in A2, B2 and C2. Then, the other teams will be allocated to the A3, B3, C3, A4, B4 and C4 positions. Finally, the last remaining team will be automatically assigned to the A5 position.
