Road to Glory: A Closer Look at the 48 Contenders for AFCON 2025

As the last AFCON leaves memories of thrills, victory, and defeat in the minds of fans and punters, we look forward to AFCON 2025.

The AFCON (African Cup of Nations) is the highest achievement winnable on the African continent and it is the highlight of any player or coach. We will cover all you need to know about the 2025 tournament in this article.

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AFCON 2025 Qualification Process

The 2025 AFCON is to be held in Morocco with 48 teams vying to be present at the tournament. The qualifiers will follow a group stage format of 12 groups consisting of four teams each.

The teams will battle each other for a place in the 35th AFCON and only the top 2 teams in each of the 12 groups will qualify for the tournament.

This structure is designed to ensure that the best and most deserving teams get a place in the tournament. It is shaping up to be a fun-filled and exciting qualifying round.

AFCON 2025 Qualification Draw

The draws for the qualifying group stage 2025 AFCON are yet to be held. Going by the previous tournament’s schedule, the draws may be held sometime in April of 2024.

CAF (Confederation of African Football) has yet to announce a date but all preparations for the tournament are in full swing.

The teams will be placed in 12 groups and will be placed in pots according to their FIFA ranking. All CAF association members are expected to be a part of the qualifiers except Eritrea and Seychelles who were excluded from the qualifiers.

AFCON 2025 Competing Teams

The 48 teams that will be participating in the qualifying round for a spot at the AFCON 2025 include the following in alphabetical order:

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Comoros
Congo
DR Congo
Ivory Coast
Egypt
Eswatini (qualified via preliminary round)
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Equatorial Guinea
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia (qualified via preliminary round)
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Morocco
Mauritania
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Uganda
Central African Republic
Rwanda
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Sudan
South Sudan (qualified via preliminary round)
Tanzania
Chad (qualified via the preliminary round)
Togo
Tunisia
Zambia
Zimbabwe

AFCON 2025 Scheduling

The scheduling for the 35th edition of the tournament seems to be in a bind because of the Club World cup scheduled to occur within the same period.

CAF wants the tournament to be held mid year in 2025 between June and July but the new 32 team FIFA Club World Cup format is set to hold between the 15th and 13th of the same months.

This has left the CAF leadership in a bit of a quagmire as they struggle to reconcile new dates for the tournament. Four clubs from the African continent are set to participate as Al Ahly of Egypt and Wydad Casablanca of Morocco have already qualified.

Conclusion

The AFCON 2025 looks like it is going to be exciting and full of surprises. As we wait for the qualifying draws to be done, there are a lot of expectations from fans and football enthusiasts around the world.

The last tournament which saw hosts, Côte d’Ivoire, win, has left fans desiring another great tournament.

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