CAN 2025 will take place from Sunday December 21 to January 18, 2026.
The African Cup of Nations is still far away, but the qualifying phase is in full swing. At the end of 2025, Morocco will host the next edition of the CAN from December 21 to January 18. Before the fourth day of qualifications, two nations are qualified, Morocco, host country, and Burkina Fasso. Due to the extremely busy schedule of all competitions, we will know all of the qualified nations in November, more than a year before the start of the competition.
This 35e edition, second in Morocco after that of 1988, will be the first CAN to take place over two calendar years. An unprecedented choice due to the climatic conditions in sub-Saharan Africa and the southern hemisphere. This change was also caused by the FIFA Club World Cup which takes place in the summer of 2025 and which could have created a duplicate. But problem, these dates of the CAN come next to those of Boxing Day in the Premier League…
The composition of the qualifying groups
- Group A: Tunisia, Madagascar, Comoros, Gambia.
- Group B: Morocco, Gabon, Central African Republic, Lesotho.
- Group C: Egypt, Cape Verde, Mauritania, Botswana.
- Group D: Nigeria, Benin, Libya, Rwanda.
- Group E: Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Togo, Liberia.
- Group F: Ghana, Angola, Sudan, Niger.
- Group G: Ivory Coast, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Chad.
- Group H: DR Congo, Guinea, Tanzania, Ethiopia.
- Group I: Mali, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Eswatini.
- Group J: Cameroon, Namibia, Kenya, Zimbabwe.
- Group K: South Africa, Uganda, Congo, South Sudan.
- Group L: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Burundi.
Rankings
The first two teams from each group will participate in CAN 2025. In group B, sOnly the highest ranked team, apart from that of Morocco, automatically qualified as organizing country, will qualify for CAN 2025.
Group A
- 1. Tunisia (6 points, +1)
- 2. Comores (5 points, +1),
- 3. Gambia (2 points, -1)
- 4. Madagascar (2 points, -1)
Group B
- 1. Morocco (9 points, +9)
- 2. Gabon (4 points, -1),
- 3. Central African Republic (3 points, -5)
- 4. Lesotho (1 point, -3)
Group C
- 1. Egypt (9 points, +9)
- 2. Cap-Vert (3 points, -2)
- 3. Mauritania (3 points, -3)
- 4. Botswana (3 points, -4)
Group D
- 1. Nigeria (7 points, +4)
- 2. Benin (6 points, +1)
- 3. Rwanda (2 points, -3)
- 4. Libya (1 point, -2)
Group E
- 1. Algeria (9 points, +9)
- 2. Equatorial Guinea (4 points, -1)
- 3. Togo (2 points, -4),
- 4. Liberia (1 point, -4)
Group F
- 1. Angola (9 points, +4)
- 2. Sudan (4 points, 0),
- 3. Ghana (2 points, -1)
- 4. Niger (1 point, -3)
Group G
- 1. Ivory Coast (9 points, +7)
- 2. Zambia (4 points, -1),
- 3. Tchad (2 points, -2)
- 4. Sierra Leone (1 point, -4)
Group H
- 1. RD Congo (9 points, +4)
- 2. Tanzania (4 points, 0),
- 3. Guinea (3 points, +1)
- 4. Ethiopia (1 point, -5)
Groupe I
- 1. Mali (7 points, +2)
- 2. Mozambique (5 points, +1)
- 3. Guinea-Bissau (3 points, -1)
- 4. Eswatini (1 point, -2)
Group J
- 1. Cameroun (7 points, +4)
- 2. Zimbabwe (5 points, +1)
- 3. Kenya (4 points, -2)
- 4. Namibia (0 points, -3)
Group K
- 1. South Africa (7 points, +6)
- 2. Uganda (7 points, +3)
- 3. Congo (3 points, -6)
- 4. South Sudan (0 points, -3)
Group L
- 1. Burkina Faso (10 points, +7)
- 2. Senegal (7 points, +5)
- 3. Burundi (3 points, -5)
- 4. Malawi (0 point, -7)
The dates of CAN 2025
The African Cup of Nations will take place from Sunday December 21 to January 18, 2026.
