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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]
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.
The group consisted of four teams: defending champions Ivory Coast, Zambia, Sierra Leone and Chad. [2] The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between September and November 2024. [3] Zambia and Ivory Coast, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The draw for the 2025/26 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations has taken place, with hosts Morocco facing Mali, Zambia and Comoros in Group A. Seven-time champions Egypt, who will likely be led by ...
The Africa Cup of Nations final is the last match of the competition, and the result determines which team will be declared African champion. As of the 2021 edition, if the score is tied after 90 minutes of regular play, an additional 30-minute period of play, called overtime, is added.
The Africa Football League is expected to return with an expanded format, while the Seychelles will stage the 2025 Beach Soccer World Cup (1-11 May) as the tournament is held in Africa for the ...
Ghana's hopes of reaching the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations are over as Comoros, Mali, Zambia and Zimbabwe qualify with one round of group matches to spare.
During this run, Egypt also reached a record nine consecutive wins in AFCON matches after beating Ghana in the 2010 final, while becoming the first team to win three consecutive AFCON titles. The unbeaten run came to an end on 5 February 2017, after Egypt lost 1–2 to Cameroon in the 2017 final .