David GOMBE
The Final Draw of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 will be held in Rabat on 27 January, 2025.
The tournament will consist of 24 teams who will learn their opponents in Cairo for the showpiece due in Morocco in December this year.
The 24 teams will be placed into six pools each containing four sides. The top two teams in each group and the four best third-placed sides advance to the round of 16.
Morocco will be hosing the event for the first time since 1988. This will be the 35th edition of the AFCON, which was first played in 1957.
For starters, the AFCON Tournament is the third oldest continental competition in football behind South America (1916) and Asia (1956).
All the Qualified 24 teams, with their previous appearances and best finish included:
Algeria (21st appearance, champions in 1990, 2019)
Angola (10th appearance, quarter-finalists in 2008, 2010, 2023)
Benin (5th appearance, quarter-finalists in 2019)
Botswana (2nd appearance, group stages in 2012)
Burkina Faso (14th appearance, runners-up in 2013)
Cameroon (22nd appearance, champions in 1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017)
Comoros (2nd appearance, round of 16 in 2021)
Cote d’Ivoire (26th appearance, champions in 1992, 2015, 2023)
Democratic Republic of Congo (21st appearance, champions in 1968, 1974)
Egypt (27th appearance, champions in 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Equatorial Guinea (5th appearance, fourth place in 2015)
Gabon (9th appearance, quarter-finalists in 1996, 2012)
Mali (14th appearance, runners-up in 1972)
Morocco (20th appearances, champions in 1976)
Mozambique (6th appearance, group stages in 1986, 1996, 1998, 2010, 2023)
Nigeria (21st appearance, champions in 1980, 1994, 2013)
Senegal (18th appearance, champions in 2021)
South Africa (12th appearance, champions in 1996)
Sudan (10th appearance, champions in 1970)
Tanzania (4th appearance, group stage in 1980, 2019, 2023)
Tunisia (22nd appearance, champions in 2004)
Uganda (8th appearance, runners-up in 1978)
Zambia (19th appearance, champions in 2012)
Zimbabwe (6th appearance, group stage in 2004, 2006, 2017, 2019, 2021)
