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CAF Confirms Dates For The Kick Off Of 2025 AFCON Qualifier

https://braceradio.com/caf-confirms-dat ... qualifier/

African soccer ruling body has released dates for the 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Morocco has been announced as the new host after Guinea was stripped due to adequate preparation for the tournament.

According to CAF, the preliminary round will go down between March 18 to 26, 2024.

The group stage of the qualifies will commence in September and the match day 1 and 2 have been fixed for the 2nd to 10th and the match days 3 and 4 will be held from 7 to 15 October.

The final round of the games is slated for November 11 to 19, 2024.

The 2025 Afcon could be moved from June-July 2025 to 12 months' time, according to CAF!

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/d ... 024-01-12/

Tazmania wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 21:22 The 2025 Afcon could be moved from June-July 2025 to 12 months' time, according to CAF!

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/d ... 024-01-12/

Well if qualifiers finish in November they should be able to go ahead in Jan/Feb 2025 with no problems shouldn't they?

No, because it would disrupt club football for a second time in 12 months.

It should be a 4-yearly event.

Tazmania wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 22:46 No, because it would disrupt club football for a second time in 12 months.

It should be a 4-yearly event.

Well when else?

Says the man who wanted a biennial World Cup.

Is there any official article by cafonline or fifa.com about exact schedule?
I've found lot of articles that "caf unveiled dates for afcon 2025 qualifiers", but no information from caf itself.

perica wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 03:49 Is there any official article by cafonline or fifa.com about exact schedule?
I've found lot of articles that "caf unveiled dates for afcon 2025 qualifiers", but no information from caf itself.

CAF very often don’t post these information on their website, and only released them to the FAs.

And these are the only dates available. June 2024 and March 2025 are taken by the World Cup qualifiers. So the only logical choices are March 2024 for the preliminary round, and September, October and November 2024 for the qualifying group stage (6 matchdays).

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Kamtedrejt wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 06:57 My 2023 AFCON Predictions

This is the thread for 2025 AFCON.

Thread for 2023 is here: https://kassiesa.net/uefa/forum2/viewtopic.php?t=5770

Africa Cup of Nations: Dates for 2025 finals undecided amid Club World Cup clash

https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/67969369

January 2026 forcible solution

perica wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 23:39 January 2026 forcible solution

Somewhat undesirable since the World Cup would be played less than 6 months after that, which would likely adversely affect the 9 or 10 African national teams which qualify due to physical and mental exhaustion of the players.

amenina wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 02:29

perica wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 23:39 January 2026 forcible solution

Somewhat undesirable since the World Cup would be played less than 6 months after that, which would likely adversely affect the 9 or 10 African national teams which qualify due to physical and mental exhaustion of the players.

Yeah.

What's the issue with January 2025?

Gotta get back to odd years some time!

Until 2010 african cup of nations was always hold at the begin of world cup year

perica wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2024 22:00 Until 2010 african cup of nations was always hold at the begin of world cup year

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 685251.stm

16 May 2010

Africa Cup of Nations Cup to move to odd-numbered years

Caf hopes the switch will help African teams do well at the World Cup

The Confederation of African Football (Caf), has confirmed that the Africa Cup of Nations will now be held in odd- numbered years.

A statement on the Caf website says the switch will take place from 2013.

The decision was rubber-stamped at a CAF executive committee meeting at its headquarters in Cairo on Saturday.

The change means that two tournaments will be staged within a year with Gabon and Equatorial Guinea co-hosting one in 2012 and Libya 12 months later.

The decision means the Nations Cup will no longer be held in the same year as the World Cup, one of the reasons given for the poor performance of African teams at the world event.

In February Algeria coach Rabah Saadane had told the BBC the qualification matches for the 2012 edition would also serve for Libya.

"The 11 different qualifying groups are going to count for both 2012 and 2013," he told the BBC.

"It's official and what's more, the qualifiers for the Nations Cup and World Cup are going to be separate from now on," he continued.

Caf also announced that the Championship of African Nations (CHAN) will now be held in even-numbered years, starting with Libya in 2014.

The Nations Cup has been played in an even year since 1968, although the very first competition in Sudan took place in 1957.