Two teams from the CECAFA Zone Uganda and Tanzania have been placed in Group C of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
While Tanzania will be making their consecutive appearance after playing at the 2023 AFCON in Ivory Coast, Uganda will be making a return after their last appearance in 2019 in Egypt where they reached the round of 16.
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In the same Group with the two teams from the CECAFA Zone are three-time champions Nigeria (1980, 1994, 2013) and 2024 champions Tunisia.
Holders Ivory Coast have drawn Cameroon in Group F, where they will also face Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s Gabon and Mozambique.
In other intriguing regional contests, three southern African teams will feature in Group B, with South Africa, Angola and Zimbabwe all drawn together along with Mohamed Salah’s Egypt. Sudan, who qualified for Afcon 2025 despite the country being engulfed in a civil war, will face Algeria in Group E.
Africa’s biggest sporting event will begin on 21 December and run until 18 January 2026. The opening match will pit hosts Morocco against Comoros.
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