The 2025 African Cup of Nations Preliminary draws have been scheduled to take place on Tuesday, February 20th, 2024.
After the conclusion of the 34th edition of the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON tournament in Cote d’Ivoire, the 35th edition which will be hosted in Morocco next year will see the preliminary draws take place in Cairo, Egypt by 14h00 local time (12h00 GMT).
The preliminary round of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 will include the eight (8) lowest-ranked teams according to the FIFA ranking which are Somalia, Djibouti, Sao Tome, Chad, Mauritius, South Sudan, Liberia and Eswatini.
The matches will be played on home and away basis during the FIFA Window of March 18th to 26th of March 2024. The four (4) preliminary round winners will join the 44 exempted teams for the group stage.
