CAN 2025: the qualifying rankings and dates

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The Africa Cup of Nations is still a long way off, 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 the qualifiers, two nations have qualified, Morocco, the host country, and Burkina Faso. Due to the extremely busy schedule of all the competitions, we will know the full qualified nations in November, more than a year before the start of the competition.

This 35th edition, the 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 is being held in the summer of 2025 and which could have created a duplicate. But the problem is that these CAN dates coincide with 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.
• H Group: 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: Sé négal, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Burundi.

Rankings

The first two teams from each group will participate in CAN 2025. In group B, only the highest ranked team, apart from the one Morocco, automatically qualified as the host country, will qualify for the CAN 2025.

Group A

• 1. Tunisia (6 points, +1)
• 2. Comoros (5 points, +1),
• 3. Gambia (2 points, -1)
• 4.  Madagascar (2 points, -1)

Group B

• 1. Morocco (9 points, +9)
• 2.&nbsp ;Gabon (4 points, -1),
• 3. Central African Republic (3 points, -5) < /li>
• 4. Lesotho (1 point, -3)

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Group C

• 1. Éegypt (9 points, +9)
• 2.&amp ;nbsp;Cape Verde (3 points, -2)
• 3. Mauritania (3 points, -3)
• 4. < /strong>Botswana (3 points, -4)

Group D

• 1. Nigeria (7 points, +4)
• 2. Bénin (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),&nbsp ;
• 4. Liberia (1&nbsp ;point, -4)

Group F

• 1. Angola (9 points, +4)
• 2. Sudan (4 points, 0),
• 3. Ghana (2 points, -1)
• 4. Niger (1 point, -3)

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Group G

• 1. Côte d'Ivoire (9 points, +7)
• < strong>2. Zambia (4 points, -1),
• 3. Chad (2 points, -2)
• 4 . Sierra Leone (1 point, -4)

Group H

• 1. DR Congo (9 points, +4)
• 2. Tanzania (4 points, 0),
• 3.Guinea (3 points, +1)
• 4. ;Éthiopia (1 point, -5)

Group I

• 1. Mali (7 points, +2)
• 2. Mozambique (5 points, +1)
• 3. Guinée- Bissau (3 points, -1)
• 4. Eswatini (1 point, -2)

Group J

• 1. Cameroon (7 points, +4)
• 2. Zimbabwe (5 points, +1)
• 3. Kenya (4 points, -2)
• 4. Namibia (0 point, -3)

Group K

• 1.&amp ;nbsp;South Africa (7 points, +6)
• 2. Uganda (7 points , +3)
• 3. Congo (3  points, -6)
• 4.& nbsp;South Sudan (0 point, -3)

Group L

• 1. Burkina Faso (10 points, +7)
• 2. Sénégal (7& nbsp;points, +5)
• 3.  Burundi (3 points, -5)
• 4.&nbsp ;Malawi (0 point, -7)

The dates of CAN 2025

The African Cup of Nations takes place will take place from Sunday, December 21 to January 18, 2026.