The final draw for the CAF Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Egypt 2025 will be conducted on Sunday, 13 April 2025 in Cairo the Egyptian capital.
The draw became necessary after the initial host Côte d’Ivoire pulled out of staging the after CAF kicked them out of the competition all together.
The championship will be staged from 27 April to 18 May, 2025.
The 13 teams will be split into three pools, Group A with five teams, and Groups B and C with four. The top two nations in each pool advance to the quarter-finals, along with the two best third-placed sides.
Hosts Egypt will be in position A1 in the draw, Nigeria, who finished third at the tournament two years ago, in B1 and holders Senegal in C1.
Tunisia, Zambia and Central African Republic, who qualified for the last edition, will be in Pot 1 and drawn into one of the three groups.
The teams that did not qualify for the last edition, Morocco, debutants Sierra Leone, Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa and DR Congo, will be in Pot 2. They will be placed in the remaining positions in the pools.
DRAW PROCEDURES
Seeded teams: Egypt will be in position A1; Nigeria will be in B1 and Senegal will be C1.
Pot 1 for the teams from Level 2: Tunisia, Zambia and Central African Republic
Pot 2 of the teams of Level 3: Morocco, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa & DR Congo
The teams drawn from Pot 1 will go respectively into positions A2, B2 & C2
The teams drawn from the Pot 2 will go respectively into positions A3, B3, C3, A4, B4, C4 & A5
CAF U-20 AFCON, EGYPT 2025 QUALIFIED COUNTRIES:
CECAFA:
✓ Tanzania
✓ Kenya
COSAFA:
✓ South Africa
✓ Zambia
UNAF:
✓ Egypt – hosts
✓ Morocco
✓ Tunisia
UNIFFAC:
✓ DR Congo
✓ Central African Republic
WAFU A:
✓ Senegal
✓ Sierra Leone
WAFU B:
✓ Nigeria
✓ Ghana
Nigeria, DR. Congo, Kenya, Ghana and Sierra Leone are the countries heading to Egypt for the U-20 but are missing in action at the U-17 African Nations Cup that has reached the semi-finals stage.
Senegal are the defending champions of the competition.
