2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 20 March – 19 November 2024 |
Teams | 52 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 103 |
Goals scored | 224 (2.17 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Serhou Guirassy (5 goals) |
← 2023 2027 →
All statistics correct as of 15 October 2024. |
Qualification for championships (CAF) |
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The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches are organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, the 35th edition of the international men's football championship of Africa. The qualification began with the preliminary round which ran from 20 to 26 March 2024 and will conclude with the group stage, which will be played in September, October and November, all in 2024. A total of 24 teams will qualify to play in the final tournament, including automatically-qualified hosts Morocco.
Entrants
[edit]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.[1]
The preliminary round draw was held on 20 February 2024, 14:00 CAT (UTC+2) at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2]
For the first time since their suspensions, Kenya and Zimbabwe made their phased returns to the qualifying stage.
Bye to group stage | Participating in preliminary round |
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Schedule
[edit]The schedule of the qualifying tournament is as follows.[4]
Round | Matchday | Dates | Matches |
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Preliminary round | First leg | 18–22 March 2024 | Team 1 vs. Team 2 |
Second leg | 22–26 March 2024 | Team 2 vs. Team 1 | |
Group stage | Matchday 1 | 2–10 September 2024 | Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4 |
Matchday 2 | Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 1 | ||
Matchday 3 | 7–15 October 2024 | Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4 | |
Matchday 4 | Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2 | ||
Matchday 5 | 11–19 November 2024 | Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 3 | |
Matchday 6 | Team 3 vs. Team 2, Team 1 vs. Team 4 |
Preliminary round
[edit]The eight teams were split into four ties which were played in home-and-away two-legged format.[2]
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Somalia | 2–5 | Eswatini | 0–3 | 2–2 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 1–1 (a) | South Sudan | 1–1 | 0–0 |
Chad | 3–1 | Mauritius | 1–0 | 2–1 |
Djibouti | 0–2 | Liberia | 0–2 | 0–0 |
Group stage
[edit]Draw
[edit]The group stage draw took place on 4 July 2024 at 2:30 pm (UTC+2) in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 48 national teams involved were divided into twelve groups of four each, which consisted of the 44 teams that entered directly, in addition to the four winners of the preliminary round, and were seeded into four pots of twelve each based on the June 2024 FIFA World Rankings (shown in parentheses).[5][6]
Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Morocco (12; hosts) |
Cape Verde (65) |
Kenya (108) |
Niger (128) |
Tiebreakers
[edit]The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 14):
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above will be reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Away goals scored in all group matches;
- Drawing of lots
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | Final tournament | — | 0–1 | 18 Nov | 1–0 | |
2 | Comoros | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 18 Nov | ||
3 | Gambia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1–2 | 15 Nov | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | Madagascar | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | 14 Nov | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Morocco[a] (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 12 | Final tournament | — | 4–1 | 5–0 | 18 Nov | |
2 | Gabon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | 15 Nov | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||
3 | Central African Republic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | 0–4 | 18 Nov | — | 3–1 | ||
4 | Lesotho (E) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 14 Nov | — |
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
- ^ Morocco has already qualified for the final tournament as the host nation.
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Egypt (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 12 | Final tournament | — | 18 Nov | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | Botswana | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 6 | 0–4 | — | 1–0 | 15 Nov | ||
3 | Cape Verde | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3[a] | 15 Nov | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Mauritania | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 3[a] | 0–1 | 1–0 | 18 Nov | — |
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Nigeria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 10 | Final tournament | — | 3–0 | 18 Nov | 1–0 | |
2 | Benin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 14 Nov | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | ||
3 | Rwanda | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 14 Nov | ||
4 | Libya | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | 0–3[a] | 18 Nov | 1–1 | — |
Notes:
Group E
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Algeria (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 12 | Final tournament | — | 2–0 | 5–1 | 18 Nov | |
2 | Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 Nov | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Togo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 | 0–1 | 18 Nov | — | 1–1 | ||
4 | Liberia (E) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 13 Nov | — |
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Group F
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Angola (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 12 | Final tournament | — | 2–1 | 15 Nov | 2–0 | |
2 | Sudan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 18 Nov | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Ghana | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 18 Nov | ||
4 | Niger | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | 0–1 | 14 Nov | 1–1 | — |
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Group G
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Ivory Coast | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Final tournament | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 18 Nov | |
2 | Zambia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 Nov | — | 3–2 | 0–0 | ||
3 | Sierra Leone | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | 1–0 | 18 Nov | — | 0–0 | ||
4 | Chad | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 13 Nov | — |
Group H
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | DR Congo (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 12 | Final tournament | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 18 Nov | |
2 | Guinea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | 16 Nov | — | 1–2 | 4–1 | ||
3 | Tanzania | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | 0–2 | 18 Nov | — | 0–0 | ||
4 | Ethiopia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 16 Nov | — |
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Group I
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Mozambique | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | Final tournament | — | 15 Nov | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
2 | Mali | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 18 Nov | ||
3 | Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | 18 Nov | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | Eswatini (E) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 15 Nov | — |
(E) Eliminated
Group J
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Cameroon (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 10 | Final tournament | — | 18 Nov | 4–1 | 1–0 | |
2 | Zimbabwe | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 8 | 0–0 | — | 15 Nov | 3–1 | ||
3 | Kenya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 18 Nov | ||
4 | Namibia (E) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | 13 Nov | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Group K
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Uganda | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | Final tournament | — | 15 Nov | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | South Africa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 8 | 2–2 | — | 5–0 | 18 Nov | ||
3 | Congo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 4 | 18 Nov | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | South Sudan (E) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 14 Nov | — |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated
Group L
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Burkina Faso (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 10[a] | Final tournament | — | 14 Nov | 4–1 | 3–1 | |
2 | Senegal (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 10[a] | 1–1 | — | 18 Nov | 4–0 | ||
3 | Burundi (E) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 14 Nov | ||
4 | Malawi (E) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | 18 Nov | 0–1 | 2–3 | — |
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
Goalscorers
[edit]There have been 224 goals scored in 103 matches, for an average of 2.17 goals per match (as of 15 October 2024). Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
- Houssem Aouar
- Saïd Benrahma
- Mabululu
- Felício Milson
- Andréas Hountondji
- Steve Mounié
- Dango Ouattara
- Lassina Traoré
- Oumar Diakité
- Franck Kessié
- Vincent Aboubakar
- Ryan Mendes
- Meschak Elia
- Youssouf M'Changama
- Louis Mafouta
- Ibrahim Adel
- Mohamed Salah
- Luis Nlavo
- Sabelo Ndzinisa
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- Shavy Babicka
- Musa Barrow
- William Gibson
- Yves Bissouma
- Eliesse Ben Seghir
- Brahim Díaz
- Abde Ezzalzouli
- Azzedine Ounahi
- Hakim Ziyech
- Geny Catamo
- Stanley Ratifo
- Ademola Lookman
- Mohamed Awad
- Oswin Appollis
- Thalente Mbatha
- Teboho Mokoena
- Lyle Foster
- Innocent Nshuti
- Denis Omedi
- Kennedy Musonda
- Walter Musona
1 goal
- Mohamed Amoura
- Ramy Bensebaini
- Baghdad Bounedjah
- Adem Zorgane
- Randy Nteka
- Zini
- Tumisang Orebonye
- Thabang Sesinyi
- Mokono Eldhino
- Jean-Claude Girumugisha
- Bienvenue Kanakimana
- Hassane Imourane
- Junior Olaitan
- Hassane Bandé
- Sacha Bansé
- Ousseni Bouda
- Issoufou Dayo
- Mohamed Konaté
- Bertrand Traoré
- Goduine Koyalipou
- Ousmane Hissein
- Amine Hiver
- Mahamat Thiam
- Mons Bassouamina
- Chandrel Massanga
- Christian Bassogog
- Boris Enow
- Martin Hongla
- Bryan Mbeumo
- Théo Bongonda
- Edo Kayembe
- Fiston Mayele
- Rafiki Saïd
- Faïz Selemani
- Mostafa Fathi
- Omar Marmoush
- Ramy Rabia
- Kenean Markneh
- Jannick Buyla
- Dorian Jr.
- Iban Salvador
- Justice Figuareido
- Bongwa Matsebula
- Thubelihle Mavuso
- Kwakhe Thwala
- Rody Effaghe
- Yankuba Minteh
- Ali Sowe
- Alidu Seidu
- Mama Baldé
- Burá
- Mohamed Bayo
- Seydouba Cissé
- Abdoulaye Touré
- Nicolas Pépé
- Duke Abuya
- John Avire
- Michael Olunga
- Sera Motebang
- Oscar Dorley
- Mohammed Sangare
- Faisal Al Badri
- Subhi Al-Dhawi
- Carolus Andriamatsinoro
- Clément Couturier
- Ayoub El Kaabi
- Youssef En-Nesyri
- Achraf Hakimi
- Soufiane Rahimi
- El Bilal Touré
- Domingues
- Elias
- Guima
- Jérémy Villeneuve
- Sidi Bouna Amar
- Chawanangwa Kawonga
- Lanjesi Nkhoma
- Zeliat Nkhoma
- Godwin Eiseb
- Deon Hotto
- Oumar Sako
- Victor Osimhen
- Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
- Bathusi Aubaas
- Elias Mokwana
- Iqraam Rayners
- Djihad Bizimana
- Luís Leal
- Boulaye Dia
- Pape Gueye
- Nicolas Jackson
- Ismaïla Sarr
- Amadou Bakayoko
- Augustus Kargbo
- Alhassan Koroma
- Hindolo Mustapha
- Data Elly
- Yohanna Juma
- Tito Okello
- Valentino Yuel
- Mohamed Abdelrahman
- Ahmed Al-Tash
- Abo Eisa
- Mustafa Karshoum
- Feisal Salum
- Mudathir Yahya
- Roger Aholou
- Kévin Denkey
- Thibault Klidjé
- Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba
- Ali Abdi
- Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane
- Yassine Meriah
- Ferjani Sassi
- Aziz Kayondo
- Rogers Mato
- Bevis Mugabi
- Jude Ssemugabi
- Kelvin Kampamba
- Kings Kangwa
- Khama Billiat
- Prince Dube
1 own goal
- Chimwemwe Idana (against Burundi)
- Alfred Leku (against Uganda)
- Clement Mzize (against DR Congo)
Qualified teams
[edit]The following teams have qualified for the final tournament.
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italics indicates hosts for that year.
References
[edit]- ^ "Draw for TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Preliminary Round set for Tuesday". CAFOnline.com. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ a b "TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Preliminary Draw conducted". CAFOnline.com. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Men's Ranking". FIFA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Oyebola, Mike (25 December 2023). "CAF announces kick-off date for AFCON 2025 qualifiers". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Draw for TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Qualifiers set for 04 July in Johannesburg". Draw for TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Qualifiers set for 04 July in Johannesburg. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ "Men's Ranking". FIFA. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم "كاف" يقرر خسارة المنتخب الليبي أمام نظيره المنتخب النيجيري" [The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided that the Libyan national team will lose to its Nigerian counterpart.]. beIN Sports (in Arabic). 26 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.