A look at AFCON 2025 Qualification pots and likely opponents for Uganda Cranes

Uganda Cranes will learn their opponents for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers this Thursday, 4th July 2025. The draw function will be conducted in Johannesburg, South Africa. There are 48 National teams that will be involved in the draw event and these will be divided into twelve groups of four each. 44 teams […] The post A look at AFCON 2025 Qualification pots and likely opponents for Uganda Cranes appeared first on Kawowo Sports.

A look at AFCON 2025 Qualification pots and likely opponents for Uganda Cranes

Uganda Cranes will learn their opponents for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers this Thursday, 4th July 2025. The draw function will be conducted in Johannesburg, South Africa.

There are 48 National teams that will be involved in the draw event and these will be divided into twelve groups of four each.

44 teams entered directly while the additional four Nations were winners of the preliminary round games.

The 48 national teams will be seeded into four pots of twelve each based on the most recent FIFA World Rankings.

This means that teams in the same pot cannot face off in the Group stages of the qualification campaign.

Uganda Cranes is in Pot 2 with Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Zambia, Benin, Angola, Namibia and Mozambique and Madagascar.

Below are the full Pots

Pot 1

Morocco (Hosts AFCON 2025)
Senegal
Egypt
Ivory Coast
Nigeria
Tunisia
Algeria
Cameroon
Mali
South Africa
Democratic Republic of Congo
Ghana

Pot 2

Cape Verde
Burkina Faso
Guinea
Gabon
Equatorial Guinea
Zambia
Benin
Angola
Uganda
Namibia
Mozambique
Madagascar

Pot 3

Kenya
Mauritania
Congo
Tanzania
Guinea-Bissau
Libya
Comoros
Togo
Sudan
Sierra Leone
Malawi
Central African Republic

Pot 4

Niger
Zimbabwe
Rwanda
The Gambia
Burundi
Liberia
Ethiopia
Botswana
Lesotho
Eswatini
South Sudan
Chad

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