Foot & Soccer Soccer Match Reports, Football News
January 28 – Defending African Cup of Nations (AFCON) champions Ivory Coast have been drawn in opposition to fellow match heavyweights Cameroon within the group phases of the 2025 iteration of the competitors.
The pair, who’ve claimed eight AFCON titles between them, will even face Gabon and Mozambique in what seems to be a difficult Group F.
Elsewhere, match hosts Morocco entertain Mali, Zambia and Comoros in Group A, whereas 2023 runners-up have been drawn in Group C alongside Tunisia, Tanzania and Uganda – the latter two will co-host the 2027 match.
In Group B, South Africa, Angola and Zimbabwe, all a part of the Council of Southern Africa Soccer Associations (COSAFA), will play seven-time winners Egypt and Mohamed Salah.
The winners and runners-up in every group – in addition to the very best 4 third-placed groups – will progress to the spherical of sixteen.
The match takes place between 21 December 2025 – 18 January 2026 with matches happening in Rabat, Casablanca, Agadir, Marrakech, Fes and Tangier throughout 9 stadiums.
With a capability of 53,000, Rabat’s Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium will stage the ultimate.
Morocco will even stage the 2025 Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations after Guinea have been stripped of the internet hosting rights due to issues over their readiness.
Final 12 months, Morocco hosted the Membership World Cup and the CAF seashore soccer championships. In 2030, the nation will co-host the World Cup, turning into the second African nation to stage the world’s largest sporting occasion.
The draw:
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
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