The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches are organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, the 35th edition of the international men's football championship of Africa. The qualification 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, October and November, all in 2024. A total of 24 teams will qualify to play in the final tournament, including automatically-qualified hosts Morocco.
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Dates | 20 March – 19 November 2024 |
Teams | 52 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 8 |
Goals scored | 15 (1.88 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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Entrants
editAll 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]
Bye to group stage | Participating in preliminary round |
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Schedule
editThe schedule of the qualifying tournament is as follows.[4]
Round | Matchday | Dates | Matches |
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Preliminary round | First leg | 18–22 March 2024 | Team 1 vs. Team 2 |
Second leg | 22–26 March 2024 | Team 2 vs. Team 1 | |
Group stage | Matchday 1 | 2–10 September 2024 | Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4 |
Matchday 2 | Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 1 | ||
Matchday 3 | 7–15 October 2024 | Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4 | |
Matchday 4 | Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2 | ||
Matchday 5 | 11–19 November 2024 | Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 3 | |
Matchday 6 | Team 3 vs. Team 2, Team 1 vs. Team 4 |
Preliminary round
editThe eight teams were split into four ties which were played in home-and-away two-legged format.[2]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Somalia | 2–5 | Eswatini | 0–3 | 2–2 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 1–1 (a) | South Sudan | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Chad | 3–1 | Mauritius | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Djibouti | 0–2 | Liberia | 0–2 | 0–0 |
Group stage
editDraw
editThe group stage draw took place on 4 July 2024 at 2:30 pm (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 (shown in parentheses).[5][6]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Morocco (12; hosts) |
Cape Verde (65) |
Kenya (108) |
Niger (128) |
Tiebreakers
editThe 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):
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Away goals scored in all group matches;
- Drawing of lots
Group A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament | — | 2 Sep | 11 Oct | 15 Nov | |
2 | Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 Nov | — | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | ||
3 | Comoros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 Oct | 15 Nov | — | 2 Sep | ||
4 | Gambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 Sep | 15 Oct | 11 Nov | — |
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Morocco[a] (Q) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament | — | 2 Sep | 11 Oct | 15 Nov | |
2 | Gabon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 Nov | — | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | ||
3 | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 Oct | 15 Nov | — | 2 Sep | ||
4 | Lesotho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 Sep | 15 Oct | 11 Nov | — |
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
- ^ Morocco has already qualified for the final tournament as the host nation.
Group C
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament | — | 2 Sep | 11 Oct | 15 Nov | |
2 | Cape Verde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 Nov | — | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | ||
3 | Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 Oct | 15 Nov | — | 2 Sep | ||
4 | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 Sep | 15 Oct | 11 Nov | — |
Group D
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament | — | 2 Sep | 11 Oct | 15 Nov | |
2 | Benin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 Nov | — | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | ||
3 | Libya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 Oct | 15 Nov | — | 2 Sep | ||
4 | Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 Sep | 15 Oct | 11 Nov | — |
Group E
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament | — | 2 Sep | 11 Oct | 15 Nov | |
2 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 Nov | — | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | ||
3 | Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 Oct | 15 Nov | — | 2 Sep | ||
4 | Liberia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 Sep | 15 Oct | 11 Nov | — |
Group F
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament | — | 2 Sep | 11 Oct | 15 Nov | |
2 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 Nov | — | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | ||
3 | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 Oct | 15 Nov | — | 2 Sep | ||
4 | Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 Sep | 15 Oct | 11 Nov | — |
Group G
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament | — | 2 Sep | 11 Oct | 15 Nov | |
2 | Zambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 Nov | — | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | ||
3 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 Oct | 15 Nov | — | 2 Sep | ||
4 | Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 Sep | 15 Oct | 11 Nov | — |
Group H
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament | — | 2 Sep | 11 Oct | 15 Nov | |
2 | Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 Nov | — | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | ||
3 | Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 Oct | 15 Nov | — | 2 Sep | ||
4 | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 Sep | 15 Oct | 11 Nov | — |
Group I
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament | — | 2 Sep | 11 Oct | 15 Nov | |
2 | Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 Nov | — | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | ||
3 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 Oct | 15 Nov | — | 2 Sep | ||
4 | Eswatini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 Sep | 15 Oct | 11 Nov | — |
Group J
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament | — | 2 Sep | 11 Oct | 15 Nov | |
2 | Namibia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 Nov | — | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | ||
3 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 Oct | 15 Nov | — | 2 Sep | ||
4 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 Sep | 15 Oct | 11 Nov | — |
Group K
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament | — | 2 Sep | 11 Oct | 15 Nov | |
2 | Uganda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 Nov | — | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | ||
3 | Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 Oct | 15 Nov | — | 2 Sep | ||
4 | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 Sep | 15 Oct | 11 Nov | — |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Group L
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament | — | 2 Sep | 11 Oct | 15 Nov | |
2 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 Nov | — | 6 Sep | 11 Oct | ||
3 | Malawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 Oct | 15 Nov | — | 2 Sep | ||
4 | Burundi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 Sep | 15 Oct | 11 Nov | — |
Goalscorers
editThere 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
editThe following teams qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Africa Cup of Nations1 |
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Morocco | Hosts | 27 September 2023 | 19 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italics indicates hosts for that year.
References
edit- ^ "Draw for TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Preliminary Round set for Tuesday". CAFOnline.com. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ a b "TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Preliminary Draw conducted". CAFOnline.com. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Men's Ranking". FIFA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Oyebola, Mike (25 December 2023). "CAF announces kick-off date for AFCON 2025 qualifiers". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Draw for TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Qualifiers set for 04 July in Johannesburg". Draw for TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Qualifiers set for 04 July in Johannesburg. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ "Men's Ranking". FIFA. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.