The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has published the preliminary round draw for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The draw took place on Tuesday at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
The preliminary round included the eight teams rated lowest in the most recent FIFA rankings.
Here is the preliminary draw:
First leg:
Somalia vs Eswatini
Sao Tome vs South Sudan
Chad vs Mauritius
Djibouti vs Liberia
Second leg:
Eswatini vs Somalia
South Sudan vs Sao Tome
Mauritius vs Chad
Liberia vs Djibouti
The games will be played on a home and away basis between 20-26 March 2024.
The four preliminary round winners will join the 44 exempted teams for the group stage.
However, 24 teams will take part in the AFCON 2025 finals to be hosted by Morocco.
