The book of CAN 2024 has barely closed before that of CAN 2025 has already opened. The draw for the preliminary round took place on Tuesday February 20 in Cairo, Egypt and revealed the posters for the preliminary round of the next African Cup of Nations, scheduled to take place in Morocco.

The eight lowest placed selections in the Fifa rankings must compete to be part of the 48 teams who will compete in the CAN qualifiers.

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The four matches will take place between March 20 and 26 in the form of two-way matches while the rest of the continent's teams will take advantage of the international break to organize friendly matches in order to prepare for the next events, starting with the qualifiers. of the 2026 World Cup in June.

Preliminary round posters

  • Somalia-Eswatini

  • Sao Tome-South Sudan

  • Chad-Mauritius

  • Djibouti-Liberia

An air of revenge

During the qualifiers for CAN 2024, Eswatini eliminated Somalia. This draw offers a great revenge between the “King’s Shield” and the “Stars of the Ocean”. In the other posters, Sao Tome and Principe will face South Sudan. Chad will face Mauritius while Djibouti will face Liberia

After a new draw expected in April, the group stage of the qualifiers will then begin on September 2

The results ✍️



Here is the conclusion of the draw for the preliminary round of the Morocco 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations! ✔️ #TotalEnergiesAFCON pic.twitter.com/0Zjtc911gk

— CAF - FR (@caf_online_FR) February 20, 2024

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