LIVE AFCON 2025 draw: Egypt await opponent - Africa
Ahram Online is providing a live coverage for Monday's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025 Final Draw
Draw is underway
Group A
Morocco
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
The ceremony is underway
Essam El Hadary is in the house !
24 African football nations will know their group stage opponents in Monday's draw. The draw will take place at the Mohammed V National Theatre in Rabat, Morocco
The 2025 AFCON that will be hosted by Morocco will run from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026.
The 24 Competing teams:
Pot 1: Morocco (hosts), Senegal, Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire (defending champions)
Pot 2: Cameroon, Mali, Tunisia, South Africa, DR Congo, Burkina Faso
Pot 3: Gabon, Angola, Zambia, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, Benin
Pot 4: Mozambique, Comoros, Tanzania, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Botswana
Draw procedures:
According to CAF's official website, the draw will divide the 24 teams into six groups of four, with the top two in each group, along with the four best third-placed teams, advancing to the round of 16.
Morocco automatically occupies position A1 as hosts, while the rest of the teams are seeded based on their FIFA rankings.
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