The draw for the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations “Morocco 2025” was held on Monday evening at the Mohammed V National Theater in the Moroccan capital, Rabat.
The tournament will start on December 21, 2025 and continue until January 18, 2026.
The Moroccan national team will face its counterpart, the Comoros national team, in the opening of the anticipated major tournament, while the draw resulted in anticipated confrontations in the group stage, most notably the match between Morocco and Mali in Group A and the match between Egypt and South Africa in Group B, while the Tunisian national team will clash with Nigeria in Group C.
The results of the draw were as follows:
Group A | Morocco – Mali – Zambia – Comoros
Group B | Egypt – South Africa – Angola – Zimbabwe
Group C | Nigeria – Tunisia – Uganda – Tanzania
Group D | Senegal – DR Congo – Benin – Botswana
Group E | Algeria – Burkina Faso – Equatorial Guinea – Sudan
Group F | Ivory Coast – Cameroon – Gabon – Mozambique