Having drawn against South Africa in the Africa Cup of Nations later this year, Egypt have been paired with Bafana Bafana once again on the continental stage.
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South Africa will come up against the Pharaohs in the first-round qualifiers of the 2025 African Nations Championship, set to be held in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya later this year.
The two nations are already set to meet at African football's biggest tournament, AFCON, in Morocco in December, but now they will also be vying to see which of them will move one step closer to the competition in East Africa.
The 2nd Stage Qualifiers' draw results of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda 2024 have turned out as follows! ?? pic.twitter.com/oEomFAXbVn
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The winner of their matchup will face either Comoros or Malawi in the second qualification round.
Algeria, Gabon, and Gambia are the other three nations in contention for the final two qualification spots in the competition.
The tournament was originally supposed to be held in February, but due to adequate facilities not being built on time, it has been postponed to August.
It has been suggested that South Africa will likely send one of their junior national teams to compete in CHAN should they successfully qualify, due to fixture congestion within the Premier Soccer League.
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The two nations will also be meeting at the junior level of the AFCON, as Group B of the under-17 and under-20 AFCON will also have the two continental giants from northern and southern Africa.
