2 days Ago By Garrin Lambley
Bafana Bafana received a favourable draw for in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying competition made in Johannesburg on Thursday. Hugo Broos’s side were drawn in Group K alongside Uganda , Congo Brazzaville , South Sudan A look at the latest FIFA rankings shows that Uganda are ranked 94th in the world, Congo Brazzaville are 113th and South Sudan find themselves in 167th place. Bafana Bafana are ranked 59th .
Winners and runners-up will qualify from each group, except that containing Morocco , who will take part to gain competitive match practice. Morocco qualify automatically as hosts so only the best placed of the other three teams in their section will secure a place. Morocco will host the next African Cup of Nations (Afcon) from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026.
Ivory Coast are the defending champions. Matchday dates September 2-10: Matchdays 1, 2 October 7-15: Matchdays 3, 4 November 11-15: Matchdays 5, 6 GROUP DRAW Group A Tunisia, Madagascar, Comoros, Gambia Group B Morocco (hosts), Gabon, Central African Republic, Lesotho Group C Egypt, Cape Verde, Mauritania, Botswana Group D Nigeria, Benin, Libya, Rwanda Group E Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Togo, Liberia Group F Ghana, Angola, Sudan, Niger Group G Ivory Coast, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Chad Group H Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Tanzania, Ethiopia Group I Mali, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Eswatini Group J Cameroon, Namibia, Kenya, Zimbabwe Group K South Africa , Uganda, Congo Brazzaville, South Su.
