The Last Draw for the TotalEnergies CAF Beneath-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025, is scheduled to happen on Thursday, February 13, in Cairo.
The draw can be broadcast reside on CAF TV, with former Mali worldwide Adama Coulibaly and ex-Senegal star Souleymane Camara serving as draw assistants.
The expanded event will function 16 groups competing from March 30 to April 19, 2025. A document 10 African nations will qualify for the 48-team 2025 FIFA Beneath-17 World Cup, which can be held in Qatar from November 5-27, 2025.
The groups which have certified for the TotalEnergies CAF Beneath-17 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025, are:
1. Morocco (host)
2. Angola
3. Burkina Faso
4. Cote d’Ivoire
5. Egypt
6. Gambia
7. Mali
8. Senegal
9. Somalia
10. South Africa
11. Tanzania
12. Tunisia
13. Uganda
14. UNIFFAC 1
15. UNIFFAC 2
16. Zambia
UNIFFAC 1 and UNIFFAC 2 groups can be decided after qualification event is performed
The groups can be divided into 4 teams (A, B, C, and D), every consisting of 4 groups.
Morocco, because the host nation, is routinely assigned to place A1 in Group A. The rest of the seeds for every group have been decided through the ultimate placings within the TotalEnergies CAF Beneath-17 AFCON, Algeria 2023.
– Holders Senegal will take up place C1
– Burkina Faso (third in 2023) can be in place B1
– Mali (fourth in 2023) will take place D1
The highest two groups in every group will qualify for the quarter-finals and the 2025 FIFA World Cup. The competitors will then proceed in a knockout format. The remaining two qualification locations for African nations on the FIFA World Cup can be determined through play-off matches between the groups that end third of their teams.
Uganda lifting the CECAFA Zonal qualifiers of the AFCON U17 in December 2024
_Tournament Procedures_
The draw can be made utilizing 4 separate pots. The opposite 12 groups exterior of the 4 seeded sides can be in Pot 1:
Pot 1: Angola, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Gambia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, UNIFFAC 1, UNIFFAC 2, Zambia
The groups can be drawn to the positions A2, B2, C2, D2, A3, B3, C3, D3, A4, B4, C4, and D4. The draw will decide the group stage fixtures for the event.
