2025 Africa Cup of Nations

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2025 Africa Cup of Nations
كأس الأمم الإفريقية 2025
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Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 2025
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
Dates21 December 2025 –
18 January 2026
Teams24
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
← 2023
2027 →

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]

Contents

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]

Host selection

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]

Qualification

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The qualifiers were held between 20 March and 19 November 2024, starting with the preliminary round (20–26 March 2024) and then the group stage (2 September–19 November 2024). [19] The preliminary round draw was held on 20 February 2024, 14:00 CAT (UTC+2) at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. [20] The eight involved national teams were seeded into two pots of four based on the FIFA World Rankings from 15 February 2024 , [21] Seychelles and Eritrea were excluded from the qualifiers. The eight teams were split into four ties which were played in home-and-away two-legged format. [22] The four winners: Chad, Eswatini, Liberia and South Sudan advanced to the group stage to join the 44 teams which entered directly. [23] The group stage draw took place on 4 July 2024, 14:30 CAT (UTC+2) in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 48 national teams involved were divided into twelve groups of four each, which consisted of the 44 teams that entered directly, in addition to the four winners of the preliminary round, and were seeded into four pots of twelve each based on the June 2024 FIFA World Rankings. [24] [25]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for this edition, all of them have previously participated in the tournament. [26] Morocco, the host country, played in the qualifiers in Group B despite qualifying automatically. Ghana, four-time African champions, failed to qualify after finishing bottom of the Group F, missing out on the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 2004. [27] [28] Tunisia qualified for the 22nd time and extended their record for consecutive participations, reaching the tournament for the 17th time in a row, having not been absent since 1994. [29] Comoros, Gabon, Sudan and Zimbabwe made their return to the continental tournament after missing out on 2023. [30] Benin and Uganda made their return after an almost five-year absence from the event. Botswana qualified for the second time after their first participation in 2012. [31] Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Namibia also failed to qualify after appearing in 2023.

TeamMethod of
qualification		Date of
qualification		Finals
appearance		First
appearance		Last
appearance		Previous best
performance		 FIFA ranking
at start of event
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Hosts / Group B winners27 September 202320th 1972 2023 Champions (1976)TBD
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Group L runners-up13 October 202414th 1978 2023 Runners-up (2013)TBD
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Group J winners14 October 202422nd 1970 2023 Champions (1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017)TBD
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Group E winners14 October 202421st 1968 2023 Champions (1990, 2019)TBD
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo Group H winners15 October 202421st 1965 2023 Champions (1968, 1974)TBD
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Group L winners15 October 202418th 1965 2023 Champions (2021)TBD
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Group C winners15 October 202427th 1957 2023 Champions (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)TBD
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Group F winners15 October 202410th 1996 2023 Quarter-finals (2008, 2010, 2023)TBD
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Group E runners-up13 November 20245th 2012 2023 Fourth place (2015)TBD
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Group G runners-up13 November 202426th 1965 2023 Champions (1992, 2015, 2023)TBD
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Group B runners-up14 November 20249th 1994 2021 Quarter-finals (1996, 2012)TBD
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Group K runners-up14 November 20248th 1962 2019 Runners-up (1978)TBD
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Group K winners14 November 202412th 1996 2023 Champions (1996)TBD
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Group A runners-up14 November 202422nd 1962 2023 Champions (2004)TBD
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Group D winners14 November 202421st 1963 2023 Champions (1980, 1994, 2013)TBD
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Group I winners15 November 202414th 1972 2023 Runners-up (1972)TBD
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Group G winners15 November 202419th 1974 2023 Champions (2012)TBD
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Group J runners-up15 November 20246th 2004 2021 Group stage (2004, 2006, 2017, 2019, 2021)TBD
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros Group A winners15 November 20242nd 2021 2021 Round of 16 (2021)TBD
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Group F runners-up18 November 202410th 1957 2021 Champions (1970)TBD
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Group D runners-up18 November 20245th 2004 2019 Quarter-finals (2019)TBD
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Group H runners-up19 November 20244th 1980 2023 Group stage (1980, 2019, 2023)TBD
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Group C runners-up19 November 20242nd 2012 2012 Group stage (2012)TBD
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Group I runners-up19 November 20246th 1986 2023 Group stage (1986, 1996, 1998, 2010, 2023)TBD

Venues

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Agadir
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Casablanca
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Fes
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Marrakesh
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Rabat
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Tangier

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.

CityStadiumCapacity
Agadir Adrar Stadium 45,480 (possible expansion to 46,000)
Casablanca Mohammed V Stadium 45,891
Fez Fez Stadium 45,000 (possible expansion to 55,800)
Marrakesh Marrakesh Stadium 45,240
Rabat Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium 53,000 (possible expansion to 68,700)
Tangier Ibn Batouta Stadium 65,000 (possible expansion to 75,600)

Group stage

The top two teams of each group, along with the best four third-placed teams, will advance to the round of 16.

Tiebreakers

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): [32]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, if two teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are applied exclusively to these two teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco (H)00000000Advance to knockout stage
2A200000000
3A300000000Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4A400000000
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
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Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1B100000000Advance to knockout stage
2B200000000
3B300000000Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4B400000000
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: CAF
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Group C

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1C100000000Advance to knockout stage
2C200000000
3C300000000Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4C400000000
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: CAF
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Group D

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1D100000000Advance to knockout stage
2D200000000
3D300000000Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4D400000000
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: CAF
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Group E

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1E100000000Advance to knockout stage
2E200000000
3E300000000Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4E400000000
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: CAF
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Group F

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1F100000000Advance to knockout stage
2F200000000
3F300000000Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4F400000000
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: CAF
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Ranking of third-placed teams

PosGrpTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 A A300000000Advance to knockout stage
2 B B300000000
3 C C300000000
4 D D300000000
5 E E300000000
6 F F300000000
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Disciplinary points; 5) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualify for the round of 16:

  Possible combinations of third-placed teams
Third-placed teams
qualify from groups		1A
vs		1B
vs		1C
vs		1D
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Bracket

 
 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 R4Loser SF1
 
 
 
Winner R3Loser SF2
 
Winner Group C
 
 
3rd Group A/B/F
 

Round of 16

Winner Group DR13rd Group B/E/F
Runner-up Group AR2Runner-up Group C
Winner Group AR33rd Group C/D/E
Runner-up Group BR4Runner-up Group F
Winner Group BR53rd Group A/C/D
Winner Group CR63rd Group A/B/F
Winner Group ER7Runner-up Group D
Winner Group FR8Runner-up Group E

Quarter-finals

Winner R2QF1Winner R1
Winner R4QF2Winner R3
Winner R7QF3Winner R6
Winner R5QF4Winner R8

Semi-finals

Winner QF1SF1Winner QF4
Winner QF3SF2Winner QF2

Third place play-off

Loser SF1vLoser SF2

Final

Winner SF1vWinner SF2
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Broadcasting

Below is the list of the 2025 AFCON broadcasting rights holders:

TerritoryRights holder(s)
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Société Nationale de Radio Télévision

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