Ivory Coast, Cameroon drawn in AFCON group stage
Defending Africa Cup of Nations champion Ivory Coast was drawn alongside 2017 winner Cameroon in a blockbuster pairing of two continental giants in Group F of the 2025 edition of the tournament, to be held in Morocco in December.
The host nation and 2022 World Cup semi-finalist was drawn in Group A with Mali, Zambia and Comoros.
The tournament will be the biggest football event in Morocco before the nation co-hosts the 2030 World Cup with Spain and Portugal — the teams it eliminated at the 2022 World Cup to become the first African nation ever to reach the semi-finals.
At the last Africa Cup, one year ago, Morocco was surprisingly ousted in the round of 16 by South Africa.
Ivory Coast won that Africa Cup as the host nation and will begin the defence of its title in Group F with Cameroon, Gabon and Mozambique.
Nigeria, the beaten finalist last year with star strikers Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen, is in Group C with Tunisia, Uganda and Tanzania.
Egypt, with Mohamed Salah still seeking a first Africa Cup title at age 33 when games start in December, was drawn into Group B alongside South Africa, Angola and Zimbabwe.
Senegal, the 2021 champion, will face Congo, Benin and Botswana in Group D
While Algeria, winner of the tournament in 2019, was drawn with Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea and Sudan in Group B.
