With AFCON 2023 successfully concluded, the date for the draw of the preliminary round for the 2025 edition, set to be held in Morocco, has been officially announced.
In an announcement from CAF, the governing body for football in Africa, the date for the draw of the preliminary round of AFCON 2025, slated to occur in Morocco in the upcoming year, has been confirmed.
The draw is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at 12:00 GMT in Cairo, Egypt, as declared by the football governing body.
The preliminary round of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 will include the eight teams with the lowest FIFA ranking: Somalia, Djibouti, Sao Tome, Chad, Mauritius, South Sudan, Liberia, and Eswatini.
These matches are set to be played on a home-and-away basis during the FIFA Window from 18-26 March 2024. Following these fixtures, the four victorious teams from the preliminary round will progress to join the 44 exempted teams in the tournament’s group stage.
