Morocco will host the 2025 AFCON from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026. The defending champions are Cote d’Ivoire, who defeated Nigeria 2-1 in the final played earlier this year.

Here, ESPN present the definitive recap on all things AFCON qualifying; the table, standings, rules, schedule and everything else in between. Click here for fixtures, scores and standings.

Morocco will host the 2025 AFCON from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026. AFCON 2025: All 24 qualified teams confirmed [Full list] ...

The TotalEnergies AFCON 2025 Qualifiers are complete, the 24 teams have been confirmed, and the stage is set for the pinnacle of African football: the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

The lineup for the 35th edition of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), scheduled to take place in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026, is now complete. This highly anticipated ...

Sudan have qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The northeast African nation secured qualification after their goalless draw with Group F winners Angola on Monday. Second-placed ...

Morocco delivered a dominant 7-0 win over Lesotho in Matchday 6 of the AFCON 2025 Qualifiers. Brahim Diaz shone with a spectacular hat-trick, while Soufiane Rahimi added a brace, and Youssef En ...

The Guinea Football Federation (FGF) is claiming Tanzania should be prevented from qualifying for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after an alleged administrative violation in Tuesday ...

For the first time in 16 years, Bafana Bafana has qualified for an Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament back-to-back through the qualifier route. South Africa’s national football team played ...

Ivory Coast were dominant in their 4-0 victory over Chad at the Stade Félix Houphouët Boigny Stadium in Abidjan on Tuesday evening, winning Group G of the 2025 Afcon qualifiers. The Elephants ...

Unlike some bigger-name teams in the final rounds of Afcon qualification, Bafana, having qualified on Thursday, kept focus to follow up their 2-0 win against Uganda in Kampala on Friday with ...