The African Football Confederation (CAF) has announced the date for the draw of the 2025 Africa Cup qualification. The draw will take place on 4 July 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It will start at 14:30 (CEST) in the SuperSport studios in South Africa. In addition to representatives from the participating countries, several African football legends will also be present. Members of the organizing committee for the Africa Cup 2025 in Morocco will also be in attendence.
The draw will include the 44 highest-ranked countries according to the FIFA rankings as of June 20. Additionally, the names of the 4 countries that have won the preliminary round will also be included in the draw.
During the draw, the 48 countries will be divided into 12 groups of 4 teams each. The top two teams from each group will advance to the Africa Cup of Nations. The host country of the Africa Cup 2025 will also be included in the draw, but since the Atlas Lions are already guaranteed qualification, only one team from their group will advance to Africa’s biggest football tournament.
The qualifiers will begin in September 2024 and will continue until November 2024.
The countries participating in the draw are host nation Morocco and reigning African champion Ivory Coast, along with Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea and Eswatini.
Additionally Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunesia, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and South Sudan will also participate.