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Morocco, host country, will inaugurate the tournament against Uganda at the El Bachir stadium in Mohammedia on March 30. Four stadiums divided into three cities – Casablanca, Mohammedia and El Jadida – will host the competition. Dam matches will be played to designate two additional teams which will win their qualification for the U-17 World Cup of FIFA 2025, thus carrying the total number of nations engaged to ten.
The African Football Confederation (CAF) unveiled the dates, times and stadiums selected for the meetings of the African Cup of Nations U-17 CAF Totalenergies, Morocco 2025.
This 15ᵉ edition of the continental tournament will bring together sixteen nations and will be held from March 30 to April 19, 2025.
Four sports speakers will welcome the meetings: the El Bachir stadium in Mohammedia, the Stade Larbi Zaouli and the Berrechid stadium, both located in Casablanca, as well as the El Abdi stadium in El Jadida.
The competition will kick off on Saturday, March 30 at the El Bachir stadium, where the host country, Morocco, will face the East African Champion, Uganda, at 10:00 p.m. (local time / GMT).
The next day, Tanzania will meet the iron with the Southern African Champion, Zambia, at 2:00 p.m. to conclude the first day of group A.
Later in the afternoon, the Larbi Zaouli stadium in Casablanca will be the scene of a thrilling poster of group B between Burkina Faso, bronze medalist in the last edition, and Cameroon, double winner of the tournament, at 5:00 p.m.
Finally, at 8:00 p.m., still at the Larbi Zaouli stadium, South Africa, a finalist in the 2015 edition, will challenge Egypt, champion of the 1997 edition, in an attractive confrontation between the north and the south of the continent.
The meetings of groups C and D will take place on Tuesday April 1ᵉʳ, with the headliner at Senegal, holding the title.
The reigning champions will be opposed to the Gambia at the El Abdi stadium at 2:00 p.m., while Somalia, which participates in its second final phase, will face Tunisia at 5:00 p.m.
In group D, Mali, fourth in the last edition, will be opposed to Angolan novices at 5:00 p.m., while Côte d’Ivoire, former tournament winner, will seek to start her campaign against the Central African Republic at 8:00 p.m.
The African Cup of Nations U-17 CAF Totalnergies, Morocco 2025, will also serve as a qualifying tournament for the U-17 World Cup of FIFA.
The African continent will be represented by ten teams during this extended edition of the World Tournament, which will be held in Qatar later in the year.
Composition of groups of the African Cup of Nations U-17 CAF Totalnergies, Morocco 2025:
Group A : Morocco (host), Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia Group B: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, South Africa, Egypt Group C: Senegal, Gambia, Somalia, Tunisia Group D: Mali, Angola, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic
