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The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, also referred to as AFCON 2025 or CAN 2025, is scheduled to be the 35th edition of the biennial African football tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). [1] It will be hosted by Morocco for the second time and the first since 1988. [2]
The winner of the first final was Egypt, who defeated Ethiopia 4–0 in Khartoum, after extra time. [1] The last final hosted in Abidjan in 2024 was won by the Ivory Coast, defeating Nigeria 2–1. [2] The Africa Cup of Nations final is the last match of the competition, and the result determines which team will be declared African champion.
The number of final-round participants in 1996 was expanded to 16, split into four groups. However, the actual number of teams playing in the final was only 15, because Nigeria withdrew from the tournament at the final moment for political reasons. [11] Bafana Bafana won their first title on home soil, defeating Tunisia in the final. [12]
FT Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast. 22:19, Mike Jones. Ivory Coast have become the fifth nation to win this tournament for a third time behind Egypt, Cameroon and Ghana.
Here is the full schedule of fixtures, dates and kick-off times, and get all the latest football betting sites offers here.. Venues. Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, 60,000. Felix Houphoet ...
On 19 November 2024 Tanzania won a narrow victory of 1–0 against Guinea which secured their fourth times Afcon qualification since 1980. A decisive goal by Simon Msuva sent them to the tournament in 2025. The Afcon finals are scheduled to take place from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026 in Morocco.
Botswana and Tanzania will make just their second appearance at the finals. For the men, there will be almost a full year of anticipation ahead of the 2025 Afcon, which will kick off on 21 ...
All CAF member associations entered the competition, except Eritrea and Seychelles, who were excluded from the qualifiers.The seeding was based on the FIFA World Ranking from 15 February 2024, with teams ranked 1st to 44th received a bye to the qualifying group stage, while the teams ranked 45th to 52nd had to participate in the preliminary round.