2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
Dates20 March – 19 November 2024
Teams52 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored15 (1.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)
← 2023
2027→
All statistics correct as of 26 March 2024.

Qualification for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations began with the preliminary round which ran from 21 to 26 March and will conclude with the group stage, which will be played in September and November, all in 2024. A total of 24 teams will qualify to play in the final tournament, including automatically-qualified hosts Morocco.

Contents

Entrants

All CAF member associations entered the competition, except Eritrea and Seychelles, who were excluded from the qualifiers. The seeding was based on the FIFA World Ranking from 15 February 2024, with teams ranked 1st to 44th received a bye to the qualifying group stage, while the teams ranked 45th to 52nd had to participate in the preliminary round. [1]

The preliminary round draw was held on 20 February 2024, 14:00 CAT (UTC+2) at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. [2]

From the February 2024 FIFA World Rankings [3]
Bye to group stageParticipating in preliminary round
  1. Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco (12; hosts)
  2. Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal (17)
  3. Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (28)
  4. Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (36)
  5. Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast (39)
  6. Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia (41)
  7. Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (43)
  8. Flag of Mali.svg  Mali (47)
  9. Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon (51)
  10. Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (58)
  11. Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso (61)
  12. Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo (63)
  13. Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde (65)
  14. Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana (67)
  15. Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea (76)
  16. Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea (79)
  17. Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon (84)
  18. Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia (87)
  19. Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda (92)
  20. Flag of Angola.svg  Angola (93)
  21. Flag of Benin.svg  Benin (98)
  22. Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania (106)
  23. Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia (107)
  24. Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar (109)
  25. Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique (110)
  26. Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya (111)
  27. Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo (112)
  28. Flag of Togo.svg  Togo (116)
  29. Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau (118)
  30. Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania (119)
  31. Flag of Libya.svg  Libya (120)
  32. Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros (121)
  33. Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi (122)
  34. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe (124)
  35. Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone (126)
  36. Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan (127)
  37. Flag of Niger.svg  Niger (128)
  38. Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic (129)
  39. Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia (130)
  40. Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda (133)
  41. Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi (140)
  42. Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia (145)
  43. Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana (146)
  44. Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho (148)
  1. Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini (149)
  2. Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia (152)
  3. Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan (166)
  4. Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius (177)
  5. Flag of Chad.svg  Chad (181)
  6. Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe (191)
  7. Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti (192)
  8. Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia (198)

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying tournament is as follows. [4]

RoundMatchdayDatesMatches
Preliminary roundFirst leg18–22 March 2024Team 1 vs. Team 2
Second leg22–26 March 2024Team 2 vs. Team 1
Group stage Matchday 12–10 September 2024Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
Matchday 2Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 1
Matchday 37–15 September 2024Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4
Matchday 4Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 511–19 November 2024Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 3
Matchday 6Team 3 vs. Team 2, Team 1 vs. Team 4

Preliminary round

The eight teams were split into four ties which were played in home-and-away two-legged format. [2]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Somalia  Flag of Somalia.svg2–5Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 0–3 2–2
São Tomé and Príncipe  Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg1–1 (a)Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 1–1 0–0
Chad  Flag of Chad.svg3–1Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1–0 2–1
Djibouti  Flag of Djibouti.svg0–2Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 0–2 0–0

Group stage

Draw

The date for the group stage's draw is yet to be announced by CAF. The 48 national teams involved will be divided into twelve groups of four each (from Group A to Group L), which will consist of the 44 teams that entered directly, in addition to the four winners of the preliminary round. The 48 national teams will be seeded into four pots of twelve each based on the most recent FIFA World Rankings (shown in parentheses) before the draw.

The following is a provisional seeding based on the FIFA World Rankings from April 2024, and may not represent the final seeding that will be used by CAF. [5]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco (13; hosts)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal (17)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (30)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (37)
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast (38)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia (41)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (43)
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali (44)
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon (51)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (59)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso (62)
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo (63)

Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde (65)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana (68)
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea (76)
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea (79)
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon (84)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia (86)
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda (92)
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola (94)
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin (97)
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania (105)
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia (106)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya (107)

Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar (109)
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique (110)
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo (111)
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo (113)
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya (114)
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau (116)
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros (117)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania (119)
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe (122)
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi (125)
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone (126)
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan (127)

Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic (128)
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger (129)
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia (130)
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda (131)
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi (140)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia (145)
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana (146)
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini (148)
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho (149)
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia (152)
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan (167)
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad (176)

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 14):

  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. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above was reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. Drawing of lots

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationA1A2A3A4
1Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 Final tournament — 2 Sep 11 Sep 15 Nov
2Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 11 Nov — 6 Sep 11 Sep
3Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 15 Sep 15 Nov — 2 Sep
4Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 6 Sep 15 Sep 11 Nov —
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationB1B2B3B4
1Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 Final tournament — 2 Sep 11 Sep 15 Nov
2Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 11 Nov — 6 Sep 11 Sep
3Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 15 Sep 15 Nov — 2 Sep
4Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 6 Sep 15 Sep 11 Nov —
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]

Group C

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationC1C2C3C4
1Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 Final tournament — 2 Sep 11 Sep 15 Nov
2Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 11 Nov — 6 Sep 11 Sep
3Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 15 Sep 15 Nov — 2 Sep
4Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 6 Sep 15 Sep 11 Nov —
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]

Group D

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationD1D2D3D4
1Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 Final tournament — 2 Sep 11 Sep 15 Nov
2Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 11 Nov — 6 Sep 11 Sep
3Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 15 Sep 15 Nov — 2 Sep
4Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 6 Sep 15 Sep 11 Nov —
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]

Group E

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationE1E2E3E4
1Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 Final tournament — 2 Sep 11 Sep 15 Nov
2Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 11 Nov — 6 Sep 11 Sep
3Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 15 Sep 15 Nov — 2 Sep
4Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 6 Sep 15 Sep 11 Nov —
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]

Group F

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationF1F2F3F4
1Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 Final tournament — 2 Sep 11 Sep 15 Nov
2Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 11 Nov — 6 Sep 11 Sep
3Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 15 Sep 15 Nov — 2 Sep
4Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 6 Sep 15 Sep 11 Nov —
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]

Group G

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationG1G2G3G4
1Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 Final tournament — 2 Sep 11 Sep 15 Nov
2Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 11 Nov — 6 Sep 11 Sep
3Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 15 Sep 15 Nov — 2 Sep
4Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 6 Sep 15 Sep 11 Nov —
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]

Group H

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationH1H2H3H4
1Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 Final tournament — 2 Sep 11 Sep 15 Nov
2Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 11 Nov — 6 Sep 11 Sep
3Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 15 Sep 15 Nov — 2 Sep
4Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 6 Sep 15 Sep 11 Nov —
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]

Group I

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationI1I2I3I4
1Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 Final tournament — 2 Sep 11 Sep 15 Nov
2Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 11 Nov — 6 Sep 11 Sep
3Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 15 Sep 15 Nov — 2 Sep
4Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 6 Sep 15 Sep 11 Nov —
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]

Group J

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationJ1J2J3J4
1Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 Final tournament — 2 Sep 11 Sep 15 Nov
2Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 11 Nov — 6 Sep 11 Sep
3Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 15 Sep 15 Nov — 2 Sep
4Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 6 Sep 15 Sep 11 Nov —
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]

Group K

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationK1K2K3K4
1Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 Final tournament — 2 Sep 11 Sep 15 Nov
2Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 11 Nov — 6 Sep 11 Sep
3Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 15 Sep 15 Nov — 2 Sep
4Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 6 Sep 15 Sep 11 Nov —
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group L

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationL1L2L3L4
1Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 Final tournament — 2 Sep 11 Sep 15 Nov
2Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 11 Nov — 6 Sep 11 Sep
3Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 15 Sep 15 Nov — 2 Sep
4Flag of None.svg TBD00000000 6 Sep 15 Sep 11 Nov —
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]

Goalscorers

There have been 15 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match (as of 26 March 2024). Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.

2 goals

1 goal

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in Africa Cup of Nations 1
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Hosts27 September 202319 (1972, 1976 , 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988 , 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italics indicates hosts for that year.

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