Here is the date and teams for the draw for the CAF Morocco 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Johannesburg
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The race towards the CAF TotalEnergies Morocco Africa Cup of Nations 2025 will be officially launched on Thursday July 4, 2024 with the draw for the qualifiers for the said competition, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The draw will be made at the SuperSport studios at 2:30 p.m. local time (3:30 p.m. Cairo time, 12:30 p.m. GMT).
48 nations, including the four winners of the preliminary round (Chad, Eswatini, Liberia and South Sudan), will be divided into 12 groups of four teams.
Reigning African champion, Ivory Coast, tops the list of nations confirmed for this draw, as do Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini and Ethiopia.
Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Mozambique and Namibia will also be part of this draw.
The other countries involved are Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The start of the qualifiers for the CAF TotalEnergies Maroc 2025 Africa Cup of Nations is scheduled for September 2024.
Only 23 teams will qualify for CAN 2025. These nations will join Morocco, which is already qualified as host country.
After the TotalEnergies 2023 CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, during which the Elephants defied all odds to win their third title, the 35th edition of the great celebration of African football also promises to offer a series of exciting encounters for all observers of the beautiful game.
Note that CAF legends, representatives of the participating teams, members of the Local Organizing Committee of the CAF TotalEnergies Maroc 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, among others, will be present.
