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The qualifiers for the 2025 African Cup of Nations, scheduled in Morocco from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026, ended on Tuesday. We know the qualifiers for the fifth CAN with 24 teams. There are few surprises.
Brahim Diaz’s Morocco, Amine Gouiri’s Algeria, Mohamed Salah’s Egypt, Yves Bissouma’s Mali, Vincent Aboubakar’s Cameroon and Randy Nteka’s Angola flew past their respective groups. They will be favorites in the country of the Atlas Lions to succeed the Ivory Coast of Evann Guessand, who also pocketed his ticket.
CAN 2025 without Ghana
Myziane Maolida’s Comoros, Ali Abdi’s Tunisia, Mario Lemina’s Gabon, Steve Mounie’s Benin and Chancel Mbemba’s DR Congo also came through. We will also find Botswana, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan, Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Among the notable non-qualifiers: Jordan Ayew’s Ghana, who did not win any of their six matches (!), and Serhou Guirassy’s Guinea, eliminated from the race during their last match against Tanzania… Cape Town – Green, Mauritania, Togo, Namibia or Congo will not be part of the continental meeting in a year in Morocco either.
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