Zimbabwe was last night handed a tricky draw in the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025.
The ceremony, which took place at the Mohammed VI National Theatre in Rabat on Monday, 27 January, pitted the Warriors against record seven-time winners Egypt in Group B.
Zimbabwe will also face tough competition from fellow Southern African teams, including last year’s bronze medalists, South Africa, and Angola.
The 24 teams were drawn into six groups each containing four sides ahead of the 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026 finals tournament that will be spread across six host cities and nine stadia in Morocco as Africa’s best chase the continent’s most coveted trophy.
Hosts Morocco headline Group A and will take on Mali, Zambia and Comoros in what looks a hotly contested pool.
In Group C, Nigeria will lock horns with Tunisia and the East African duo of Uganda and Tanzania, who will be TotalEnergies CAF AFCON co-hosts in 2027.
The 2021 champions Senegal go up against Democratic Republic of Congo, Benin and Botswana in Group D.
Algeria, winners in 2019, take on Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea and Sudan in an interesting Group E.
And defending champions Cote d’Ivoire face old rivals and five-time winners Cameroon, Gabon and Mozambique in Group F as they look to claim back-to-back titles.
The top two teams in each pool will advance to the round of 16, along with the four best Third-placed sides.
The draw, which was broadcast in over 90 countries worldwide, was conducted with the assistance of African legends Serge Aurier, Aliou Cissé, Joseph Yobo and Mustapha Hadji.
Morocco is hosting the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON for the first time since 1988
TOTALENERGIES CAF AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS, MOROCCO 2025
- 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:Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Mozambique
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