Times Of Swaziland: SIHLANGU AFCON 25 DRAW DATE REVEALED

SIHLANGU AFCON 25 DRAW DATE REVEALED
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Ntombikayise Gwebu on 14/06/2024 08:07:00


MBABANE – After all has been said and done, Sihlangu will learn their 2025
Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualifiers opponents in three weeks’ time.
The journey to the TotalEnergies Confederation of African Football (CAF) AFCON
2025 in Morocco will soon resume. CAF will conduct the draw for the qualifiers
(group stage) on Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The draw
will take place at the SuperSport studios. Sihlangu had a good start in this
tournament, securing a 3-0 victory and 2-all draw against minnows Somalia to
progress with a 5-2 aggregate win. CAF confirmed these reports through their
official website yesterday. “The qualifiers are scheduled to kick-off in
September 2024, to determine the first 24 nations that will compete for
Africa’s biggest event next year,” the statement read.
Champions
It was earlier said that headlining the confirmed nations for the draw are
reigning African champions Cote d’Ivoire. They will be joined by Algeria,
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Egypt,
Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini and Ethiopia.
Others include Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique,
Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone,
South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and
Zimbabwe.