Hommam Al Nassim 
The draw ceremony for the 2025 African Cup of Nations, which Morocco will host during the period from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026, took place on Thursday in the capital of South Africa, Johannesburg.
The draw resulted in strong groups and anticipated confrontations, especially in the Egyptian national team, which fell into the third group.
The 48 participating teams were divided into 12 groups, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the tournament finals in Morocco.
The results of the draw for the 2025 African Cup of Nations were as follows: Group One: Tunisia, Madagascar, Comoros, Gambia, Group Two: Morocco, Gabon, Central Africa, Lesotho, Group Three included: Egypt, Cape Verde, Mauritania, Botswana, and Group Four. : Nigeria, Benin, Libya, Rwanda, Group E: Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Togo, Liberia, Group Six: Ghana, Angola, Sudan, Niger.
The seventh group included: Ivory Coast, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Chad, and in the eighth group: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and in the ninth group: Mali, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Eswatini, and in the tenth group: Cameroon, Namibia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and in the tenth group: Group Eleven: South Africa, Uganda, Congo, South Sudan, and in the twelfth: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Burundi.
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