The 24 teams that qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) are now confirmed, as the qualifiers phase of the competition wrapped up on Tuesday.
The date of the draw for the group stage is still to be announced.
The full list of qualified teams include:
• Morocco
• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Comoros
• DR Congo
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Mali
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• South Africa
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
The tournament will be hosted in Morocco from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026.
The 35th AFCON was rescheduled from its original summer 2025 dates to avoid timing conflicts with the FIFA Club World Cup in June and July.