CAF have confirmed the dates for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations scheduled to take place in Morocco.
The African football governing body held their Executive meeting on Friday evening, where a number of decisions were made.
It has now been confirmed that the next Cup of Nations will be brought forward by a few weeks, with the tournament starting in December.
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Statement:
The Confédération Africaine de Football ("CAF") Executive Committee ("EXCO") today announced the dates of Africa's most popular and competitive football competition, the CAF TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations ("AFCON") which will take place in Morocco.
The dates of the CAF TotalEnergies AFCON Morocco 2025 are:
Opening Match: Sunday 21 December 2025
Final Match: Sunday 18 January 2026
CAF president Patrice Motsepe also explained the decision for the dates took longer than expected.
"I am confident that the CAF TotalEnergies AFCON Morocco 2025 will be extremely successful and will be the best AFCON in the history of this competition. I am also impressed by the enormous growth of Women's Football in Africa and I am expecting the CAF TotalEnergies WAFCON Morocco 2024 to be immensely successful," Motsepe said, as per CAF's website.
"The announcement of the dates of the CAF TotalEnergies AFCON Morocco 2025 took much longer than expected, as there were complex and at times challenging discussions with various interested parties, in the light of the extensive International and Domestic Match Calendars."
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