The drawing pots for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations have been announced, with Bafana Bafana seeded in pot 2.
The draw for the showpiece in Morocco is taking place on Monday evening at the Mohammed V National Theatre in Rabat at 20:00.
The 24 qualified teams will be drawn into six groups each containing four sides, with hosts Morocco placed at the head of Group A.
Defending AFCON champions Ivory Coast will head one of the other groups, while the remainder of the teams were placed in Pots 1-4 based on the FIFA ranking on 19 December.
Pot 1: Morocco (A1), Senegal, Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire
Pot 2:Â Cameroon, Mali, Tunisia, South Africa, DR Congo and Burkina Faso
Pot 3: Gabon, Angola, Zambia, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea and Benin
Pot 4: Mozambique, Comoros, Tanzania, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Botswana
The procedure of the draw will be:
- The ball of Morocco will be drawn first from Pot 1, and it will go to position A1
- The balls from Pot 4 will be drawn sequentially to positions A4, B4, C4, D4, E4, F4.
- The balls from Pot 3 will be drawn sequentially to positions A3, B3, C3, D3, E3, F3.
- The balls from Pot 2 will be drawn sequentially to positions A2, B2, C2, D2, E2, F2.
- The remaining balls from Pot 1 (minus Morocco) will be drawn sequentially to positions B1, C1, D1, E1, F1.
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The top two teams in each pool as well as the four best third-placed teams will qualify for the round of 16 at the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 2025.
The continental showpiece commences on 21 December 2025 and ends on 18 January 2026.