Coupe d'Afrique des nations 2025 كأس الأمم الأفريقية 2025 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Morocco |
Dates | 21 December 2025 – 18 January 2026 |
Teams | 24 |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations , also referred to as AFCON 2025 or CAN 2025, is scheduled to be the 35th edition of the biennial African football tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). [1] It will be hosted by Morocco for the second time and the first since 1988. [2] Morocco was originally scheduled to host the 2015 edition, but withdrew due to fears stemming from the Western African Ebola virus epidemic. [3] Due to FIFA expanding its Club World Cup competition to 32 teams and having it scheduled for June and July that year, this edition of the tournament will be played between 21 December 2025 and 18 January 2026. [4]
The situation has been further complicated by the addition of two extra match days scheduled for the last two weeks of January in the expanded Champions League that begins next season in Europe. [5] That means the traditional window for Afcon in mid-January to mid-February (when the knockout stages of the Champions League are due to start) is likely to cause even more disruption than usual.
This edition of the tournament was scheduled to be the second after 2019 to take place during the northern hemisphere's summer, in order to reduce scheduling conflicts with European club teams and competitions; [6] the previous 2023 edition was moved to January and February 2024 owing to the adverse summer weather conditions in Ivory Coast. [7] Guinea was originally set as hosts for this edition of the tournament, but had its hosting rights stripped after affirming its inadequacy of hosting preparations. [8] [9] After a second bidding process, [10] Morocco was named as the new hosts on 27 September 2023. [11] Ivory Coast are the defending champions. [12]
CAF stripped Cameroon from hosting the 2019 edition of the tournament on 30 November 2018 due lack of speed of progress in preparations, [13] but accepted former CAF president Ahmad Ahmad's request to stage the next edition in 2021. Consequently, the original hosts of 2021, Ivory Coast, became hosts of the 2023 edition with Guinea instead hosting the 2025 edition, which until then had no hosts. [14] The CAF President confirmed the timetable shift after a meeting with Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on 30 January 2019. [15]
On 30 September 2022, current CAF president Patrice Motsepe announced that Guinea had been stripped as host for the 2025 edition due to inadequacy and speed of progress in hosting preparations. [8] Consequently, a new process was re-opened for a replacement host bidder. [10] [16] On 27 September 2023, the 2025 edition was awarded to Morocco [11] and the 2027 edition to Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. [17] [18]
On 18 February 2024, CAF released the procedures for the preliminary round and its draw [19] [20] which was held at its headquarters in Cairo, Egypt two days later, i.e. 20 February. [21]
The detailed schedule has the following format: [22]
The group stage draw took place on 4 July 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. [23] [24]
The following teams have qualified for this edition of the tournament.
Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking at start of event |
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![]() | Hosts | 27 September 2023 | 20th | 2023 | Champions (1976) |
On 27 September 2023, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation unveiled a list of six stadiums in six cities to host this edition of the tournament.
Casablanca | Rabat | Tangier | Marrakesh |
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Mohammed V Stadium | Moulay Abdellah Stadium | Ibn Batouta Stadium | Marrakesh Stadium |
Capacity: 45,891 | Capacity: 69,500 (Under construction) | Capacity: 65,000 | Capacity: 45,240 |
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Agadir | |||
Adrar Stadium | |||
Capacity: 45,480 | |||
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Fez | |||
Fez Stadium | |||
Capacity: 45,000 | |||
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The top two teams of each group, along with the best four third-placed teams, will advance to the round of 16.
Teams will be ranked according to the three points for a win system (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0/none points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 74): [25]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
4 | A4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | B1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | B2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | B3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
4 | B4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | C1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | C2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | C3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
4 | C4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
4 | D4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | E1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | E2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | E3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
4 | E4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | F1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | F2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | F3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
4 | F4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | A | A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | B | B3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | C | C3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | E | E3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | F | F3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualify for the round of 16:
Third-placed teams qualify from groups | 1A vs | 1B vs | 1C vs | 1D vs | ||||||
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A | B | C | D | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3B | |||
A | B | C | E | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3E | |||
A | B | C | F | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3F | |||
A | B | D | E | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3E | |||
A | B | D | F | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3F | |||
A | B | E | F | 3E | 3A | 3B | 3F | |||
A | C | D | E | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3E | |||
A | C | D | F | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3F | |||
A | C | E | F | 3C | 3A | 3F | 3E | |||
A | D | E | F | 3D | 3A | 3F | 3E | |||
B | C | D | E | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3E | |||
B | C | D | F | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3F | |||
B | C | E | F | 3E | 3C | 3B | 3F | |||
B | D | E | F | 3E | 3D | 3B | 3F | |||
C | D | E | F | 3C | 3D | 3F | 3E |
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Runner-up Group A | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group C | ||||||||||||||
Winner R2 | ||||||||||||||
Winner R1 | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group D | ||||||||||||||
3rd Group B/E/F | ||||||||||||||
Winner QF1 | ||||||||||||||
Winner QF4 | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group B | ||||||||||||||
3rd Group A/C/D | ||||||||||||||
Winner R5 | ||||||||||||||
Winner R8 | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group F | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group E | ||||||||||||||
Winner SF1 | ||||||||||||||
Winner SF2 | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group B | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group F | ||||||||||||||
Winner R7 | ||||||||||||||
Winner R6 | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group A | ||||||||||||||
3rd Group C/D/E | ||||||||||||||
Winner QF3 | ||||||||||||||
Winner QF2 | Third place play-off | |||||||||||||
Winner Group E | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group D | ||||||||||||||
Winner R4 | Loser SF1 | |||||||||||||
Winner R3 | Loser SF2 | |||||||||||||
Winner Group C | ||||||||||||||
3rd Group A/B/F | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group D | R1 | 3rd Group B/E/F |
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Runner-up Group A | R2 | Runner-up Group C |
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Winner Group A | R3 | 3rd Group C/D/E |
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Runner-up Group B | R4 | Runner-up Group F |
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Winner Group B | R5 | 3rd Group A/C/D |
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Winner Group C | R6 | 3rd Group A/B/F |
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Winner Group E | R7 | Runner-up Group D |
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Winner Group F | R8 | Runner-up Group E |
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Winner R2 | QF1 | Winner R1 |
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Winner R4 | QF2 | Winner R3 |
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Winner R7 | QF3 | Winner R6 |
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Winner R5 | QF4 | Winner R8 |
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Winner QF1 | SF1 | Winner QF4 |
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Winner QF3 | SF2 | Winner QF2 |
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Loser SF1 | v | Loser SF2 |
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Winner SF1 | v | Winner SF2 |
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Below is the list of the 2023 AFCON broadcasting rights holders:
Territory | Rights holder(s) |
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![]() | Société Nationale de Radio Télévision |
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