Ahead of the official draw of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 qualifiers, the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) officially released the draw procedures of CAF’s flagship competition qualifiers.
Set to take place in Johannesburg on Thursday 04 July at 14h30 Local Time (12h30 GMT), the draw will see a total of 48 African nations engaged to determine who qualifies for the 35th edition of the biggest event on African soil.
The engaged teams will be grouped into four pots of 12.
The highest ranked nations as per the latest FIFA Rankings issued out on 20 June 2024 will occupy Pot 1, with the same procedure to be followed for Pot 2, 3 and 4 to make up the 48 nations.
The concluded draw of the qualifiers will be made up of 12 Groups of 4 teams (Group A to L), where the first and runners-up in the eleven (11) groups that do not involve tournament hosts Morocco, will gain qualification to the competition.
For teams that finish first and second in a group consisting of Morocco, who by virtue of being tournament hosts gain automatic qualification, the following scenarios will be applied:
TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 Draw Procedures:
48 African nations to be engaged as per latest FIFA Rankings issued 20 June 2024
POT 1
POT 2
POT 3
POT 4
Morocco (Host)
Cape Verde
Kenya
Niger
Senegal
Burkina Faso
Mauritania
Zimbabwe
Egypt
Guinea
Congo
Rwanda
Côte d’Ivoire
Gabon
Tanzania
The Gambia
Nigeria
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Burundi
Tunisia
Zambia
Libya
Liberia
Algeria
Benin
Comoros
Ethiopia
Cameroon
Angola
Togo
Botswana
Mali
Uganda
Sudan
Lesotho
South Africa
Namibia
Sierra Leone
Eswatini
DR Congo
Mozambique
Malawi
South Sudan
Ghana
Madagascar
Central Africa
Chad
