{"id":61512,"date":"2024-07-04T12:36:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T12:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/flames-to-know-2025-afcon-qualifiers-opponents-today"},"modified":"2024-07-04T13:56:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T13:56:39","slug":"flames-to-know-2025-afcon-qualifiers-opponents-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/flames-to-know-2025-afcon-qualifiers-opponents-today","title":{"rendered":"Flames to know 2025 AFCON qualifiers opponents today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The Flames will know their opponents for the qualification race of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations this afternoon when the draw takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Forty-eight countries will be pooled into 12 groups of four teams each, with the top two teams in eleven of the groups qualifying directly for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>One other team will join the hosts, Morocco to qualify for the continental showpiece in the 12th group.<\/p>\n<p>During the draw, 48 teams will be grouped into four pots of 12 as per the latest FIFA Ranking released on June 20, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Top-ranked teams are in pot one whereas lowly-ranked teams have been put in pot four.<\/p>\n<p>The Flames are in pot three alongside Kenya, Mauritania, Congo, Tanzania, Guinea Bissau, Libya, Comoros, Togo, Sudan, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Pot 2 has Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Zambia, Benin, Angola, Uganda, Namibia, Mozambique and Madagascar<\/p>\n<p>Host Morocco leads Pot 1 for the high-ranked teams alongside Senegal, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroon, Mali, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The pot for the least-ranked teams has Niger, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, The Gambia, Burundi, Liberia, Ethiopia, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, South Sudan and Chad<\/p>\n<p>The qualifying matches will be played over the FIFA international windows of September, October and November this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Malawi Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. The Flames will know their opponents for the qualification race of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations this afternoon when the draw takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa. 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