The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will today conduct the final draw for the TotalEnergies CAF Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Egypt 2025.
The tournament will be staged from 27 April to 18 May, 2025, with Sunday’s draw live from the Egyptian Football Association headquarters via ON Time channels and CAF TV.
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The 13 teams will be split into three pools, Group A with five teams, and Groups B and C with four.
The top two nations in each pool advance to the quarter-finals, along with the two best third-placed sides.
Hosts Egypt will be in position A1 in the draw, Nigeria, who finished third at the tournament two years ago, in B1 and holders Senegal in C1.
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Tunisia, Zambia and Central African Republic, who qualified for the last edition, will be in Pot 1 and drawn into one of the three groups.
The teams that did not qualify for the last edition, Morocco, debutants Sierra Leone, Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa and DR Congo, will be in Pot 2. They will be placed in the remaining positions in the pools.
