The journey to the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 will resume with the draw for the qualifiers on Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The draw will be conducted at SuperSport studios at 14:30 local time (15:30 Cairo time, 12:30 GMT).
A total of 48 nations, including the four winners from the preliminary round—Chad, Eswatini, Liberia, and South Sudan—will be drawn into 12 groups of four teams each to battle for places at the finals.
Headlining the confirmed nations for the draw are reigning African champions Côte d’Ivoire, alongside teams such as Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, and Ethiopia.
Other participating teams include Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The qualifiers are scheduled to kick off in September 2024 and will determine the first 24 nations that will compete in Africa’s biggest event, the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco in 2025.
Fresh from the excitement and success of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023, where the host nation defied all odds to claim their third title, a lineup of intriguing matches is expected for the journey to the 35th edition of the continental showpiece event.
In attendance at the draw will be selected CAF legends, representatives of the participating teams, and members of the Local Organising Committee for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025, among others.
