The Arab teams are preparing to begin their journey in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers, starting tomorrow, Wednesday, by competing in the first round of the qualifiers for “Cannes Morocco 2025”.

After disappointing results in the last edition of the finals, which was hosted by “Côte d’Ivoire” in January and February of this year, the Arab teams are looking forward to erasing the effects of that disappointment and appearing in a remarkable manner at the beginning of the qualifiers for the 35th edition of “CAN” and reconciling with their fans after the appearance of him. The worst for Arabs in the history of the continental competition.

The five Arab teams that participated in the “Côte d’Ivoire 2024” finals did not succeed in progressing beyond the round of sixteen, with three teams, Morocco, Egypt, and Mauritania, leaving the race after losing, respectively, to South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Cape Verde.< /p>

On the other hand, the Algerian and Tunisia teams left the finals empty-handed after modest results that ended with the dismissal of the technical staff of both teams.

 Three Arab teams will begin their campaign in the CAN 2025 qualifiers tomorrow, Wednesday, with the Comoros playing against Gambia in the first group, Libya hosting Rwanda in the fourth group, while Sudan plays against Niger in the first round of the sixth group.

On Thursday, Tunisia will face the Madagascar national team at Rades Stadium for the first round of the first group of qualifiers, and on the same day, Algeria, the 2019 African champion, will play against Equatorial Guinea with the aim of showing an honorable face after a resounding exit from the finals of the last edition in Côte d’Ivoire.< /p>

The confrontations of the Arab teams in the continental qualifiers will continue on Friday, when the Egyptian team, which holds the record for winning the African Cup of Nations seven times, meets the Cape Verde team in the opening of the third group competitions.

At the same time, the Moroccan national team, the host of the finals, will meet its Gabonese counterpart in a match of interest only to the second party, given that the Atlas Lions will qualify for the finals regardless of their ranking in the second group.

The last batch of competitions in the first round of the 2025 African Nations qualifiers will take place on Saturday, when Mauritania, the last Arab team participating in the qualifiers, will play against Botswana in the third group, which also includes Egypt.

 Last July, the draw for the African Nations qualifiers was held, distributing 48 teams into 12 groups of four teams, with the first and second qualifying for the finals scheduled to be held in Morocco between December 21, 2025 and January 18, 2026, while the host team will qualify directly for the finals alongside the team that He will be ranked first among the other three teams in the second group.

The following is the program of the Arab teams’ matches in the first round of the African Cup of Nations qualifiers “Morocco 2025”:

Wednesday, September 4:

Comoros - Gambia (Group One)

Libya - Rwanda (Group Four)

Sudan - Niger (Group Six)

Thursday, September 5:

Algeria - Equatorial Guinea (Group Five)

Tunisia - Madagascar (Group One)

Friday, September 6:

Morocco - Gabon (Group Two)

Egypt - Cape Verde (Group C)

Saturday, September 7:

Mauritania - Botswana (Group C)