The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations will be held in Morocco from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026.
In the qualifiers that began in September 2024, 48 countries competed in 12 groups, and the teams that finished in the top 2 of their groups qualified for the finals. The host, Morocco, won all the matches it played in the qualifiers, collecting 18 points.
Championship contenders such as Algeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, and Egypt also achieved successful results in the qualifiers. Ghana, which has been the continent's champion 4 times in its history, could not pass the qualifiers this year. It finished last in Group F with 3 points.
The teams that advanced from their groups in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers are as follows:
Group A: Comoros, Tunisia
Group B: Morocco, Gabon
Group C: Egypt, Botswana
Group D: Nigeria, Benin
Group E: Algeria, Equatorial Guinea
Group F: Angola, Sudan
Group G: Zambia, Ivory Coast
Group H: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania
Group I: Mali, Mozambique
Group J: Cameroon, Zimbabwe
Group K: South Africa, Uganda
Group L: Senegal, Burkina Faso
6 DIFFERENT CITIES, 6 STADIUMS
In Morocco, which will host the tournament for the second time, 52 matches will be played in 6 different stadiums.
In addition to the Mohammed V Stadium located in the city of Casablanca, where the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations final was also played, the stadiums that will serve football fans are as follows:
"Adrar Stadium (Agadir), Fez Stadium (Fez), Ibn Batouta Stadium (Tangier), Marrakech Stadium (Marrakech), Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium (Rabat)"
News Source: İHA
