NB: eighth edition of tournament for squads composed of players active in African leagues.
Qualified as hosts: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT
Northern Zone
Egypt and Algeria withdrew
Morocco, Lybia and Tunisia byes to Final Tournament
Lybia and Tunisia later withdrew
Western Zone A
First Round
27 Oct 2024 Sierra Leone 1-2 Liberia
[Kalokoh 22; Kumeh 3, Kabia 58og]
01 Nov 2024 Liberia 1-1 Sierra Leone
[Kumeh 63; Dumbuya 22]
Second Round
22 Dec 2024 Liberia 1-1 Senegal
[Bilty 81; Mbaye 75]
28 Dec 2024 Senegal 3-0 Liberia
[Ba 3, Ciss 38, Mbaye 90+2]
22 Dec 2024 Mauritania 1-0 Mali
[Tetah 64]
29 Dec 2024 Mali 0-0 Mauritania
20 Dec 2024 Guinea 4-1 Guinea-Bissau
[Kouyaté 26, M. S. Bangoura 53, Dramé 64, M. Bangoura 80;
Bidane 45+2]
28 Dec 2024 Guinea-Bissau 1-2 Guinea
[Baldé 45+3pen; M. S. Bangoura 51, N. Bangoura 78]
Senegal, Mauritania and Guinea qualified
Western Zone B
First Round
25 Oct 2024 Togo 2-0 Benin
[Abalo 12, Avotor 90+2]
02 Nov 2024 Benin 1-1 Togo
[Ramzi 90; Kloukpo 4]
Second Round
22 Dec 2024 Togo 1-1 Niger
[Sama 37; Jules 64]
27 Dec 2024 Niger 0-0 Togo
22 Dec 2024 Ivory Coast 2-0 Burkina Faso
[Konaté 16, 52]
28 Dec 2024 Burkina Faso 2-0 Ivory Coast [4-2 on pen.]
[Traoré 30, Kanté 53]
22 Dec 2024 Ghana 0-0 Nigeria
28 Dec 2024 Nigeria 3-1 Ghana
[Sodiq 19, Junior 22, Saviour 25; Amankuna 73]
Niger, Burkina Faso and Nigeria qualified
Central Zone
21 Dec 2024 Equatorial Guinea 3-0 Congo [awarded, Congo fielded an ineligible player]
29 Dec 2024 Congo 0-3 Equatorial Guinea [awarded, Congo fielded an ineligible player]
22 Dec 2024 Central African Rep. 0-1 Cameroon
[Fouda 50]
28 Dec 2024 Cameroon 1-2 Central African Republic
[Yondjo 31; Ndokomandji 43pen, Yangana 87]
21 Dec 2024 Chad 1-1 DR Congo
[Yannick 27; Kabwit 19]
28 Dec 2024 DR Congo 3-1 Chad
[Kabwit 18, Mokonzi 48, Ntumba 52; Abderamane 23]
Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic and DR Congo qualified
Central East Zone
First Round
24 Oct 2024 Burundi n/p Somalia
01 Nov 2024 Somalia n/p Burundi [Somalia withdrew]
21 Oct 2024 Ethiopia n/p Eritrea
03 Nov 2024 Eritrea n/p Ethiopia [Eritrea withdrew]
27 Oct 2024 Sudan 1-0 Tanzania
[Abdelrahman 23]
03 Nov 2024 Tanzania 1-0 Sudan [5-6 on pen.]
[Mhagama 33]
27 Oct 2024 South Sudan 2-0 Kenya
[E. Malish 50, Paulino 68]
03 Nov 2024 Kenya 1-1 South Sudan
[Odhiambo 7; E. Malish 43]
27 Oct 2024 Djibouti 1-0 Rwanda
[Dadzie 79]
31 Oct 2024 Rwanda 3-0 Djibouti
[Dushimimana 17, 25, Tuyisenge 89]
Second Round
26 Dec 2024 Burundi 0-1 Uganda
[Ogwang 35]
29 Dec 2024 Uganda 1-0 Burundi
[Kiwanuka 90+1]
22 Dec 2024 Ethiopia 0-2 Sudan
[Muzmel 7, Musa Kanti 90+6]
25 Dec 2024 Sudan 2-1 Ethiopia
[Musa Kanti 16, Abdelrahman 69; Bekele 63]
22 Dec 2024 South Sudan 3-2 Rwanda
[Nsabimana 13og, M. Malish 20, E. Malish 53; Muhire 49,
Mugisha 66]
28 Dec 2024 Rwanda 2-1 South Sudan
[Mugisha 33, Muhire 56; Sebit 80]
Uganda, Sudan and Rwanda qualified
Southern Zone
First Round
27 Oct 2024 Zimbabwe 0-3 Swaziland
[Matse 6, Magagula 38, 51]
02 Nov 2024 Swaziland 1-0 Zimbabwe
[Magagula 69]
06 Oct 2024 Lesotho 1-0 Namibia
[Kalake 23]
03 Nov 2024 Namibia 1-0 Lesotho [3-4 on pen.]
[Doeseb 61]
Second Round
21 Dec 2024 Swaziland 0-2 Madagascar
[Rarazafimanana 20, Razafimaro 22]
29 Dec 2024 Madagascar 0-1 Swaziland
[Simelane 86]
21 Dec 2024 Lesotho 0-2 Angola
[Megue 17, Kaporal 21]
28 Dec 2024 Angola 0-1 Lesotho
[Kalake 43pen]
21 Dec 2024 Mozambique n/p Zambia
28 Dec 2024 Zambia n/p Mozambique [Mozambique withdrew]
Madagascar, Angola and Zambia qualified
Playoff Round
After Tunisia and Libya withdrew, it was decided to create a tournament with some
teams that did not qualify in the first part of the qualifiers.
First Round
02 Mar 2025 Comoros 0-2 Malawi
[Katinji 43, Kalima 90]
08 Mar 2025 Malawi 2-0 Comoros
[Lungu 50, Katinji 59]
02 Mar 2025 South Africa 1-1 Egypt
[Webber 80; Mohamed Antar 66]
09 Mar 2025 Egypt 1-3 South Africa
[Mohamed Shika 32; Maema 15, Mfolozi 26, Luthuli 50]
28 Feb 2025 Gambia 0-0 Gabon
08 Mar 2025 Gabon 0-0 Gambia [3-5 on pen.]
Second Round
03 May 2025 Malawi 1-0 South Africa
[Nkhoma 87]
11 May 2025 South Africa 2-0 Malawi
[Letsoalo 12, Maema 87]
03 May 2025 Gambia 0-0 Algeria
09 May 2025 Algeria 3-0 Gambia
[Meziane 46, Boulbina 71, 90+1]
South Africa and Algeria qualified
FINAL TOURNAMENT
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, 2-30 August, 2025
Group A
03 Aug 2025 Kenya 1-0 DR Congo
[A. Odhiambo 45+2]
03 Aug 2025 Morocco 2-0 Angola
[Riahi 29, Quinito 81og]
07 Aug 2025 DR Congo 2-0 Zambia
[Matobo 51, Mwaku 71]
07 Aug 2025 Angola 1-1 Kenya
[Paciencia 7; A. Odhiambo 12pen]
10 Aug 2025 Kenya 1-0 Morocco
[Ogam 42]
10 Aug 2025 Zambia 1-2 Angola
[Chanda 73; Kaporal 79, 86]
14 Aug 2025 Morocco 3-1 Zambia
[Hrimat 45+2, Lamlioui 66, Bougrine 90+5; Phiri 70]
14 Aug 2025 Angola 0-2 DR Congo
[Kitambala 58, Katumbwe 70]
17 Aug 2025 DR Congo 1-3 Morocco
[Kitambala 58; Lamlioui 8, 80, Hrimat 70pen]
17 Aug 2025 Zambia 0-1 Kenya
[Ogam 75]
1.KENYA 4 3 1 0 4- 1 10
2.MOROCCO 4 3 0 1 8- 3 9
3.DR Congo 4 2 0 2 5- 4 6
4.Angola 4 1 1 2 3- 6 4
5.Zambia 4 0 0 4 2- 8 0
Group B
02 Aug 2025 Tanzania 2-0 Burkina Faso
[Abdul Sopu 45+3pen, Zimbwe Jr 71]
03 Aug 2025 Madagascar 0-0 Mauritania
06 Aug 2025 Burkina Faso 4-2 Central African Republic
[Nasser Ouatarra 11, Guiro 61pen, Malo 78pen, Baguian 84;
Tchibinda 15, Zoumara 90+5]
06 Aug 2025 Mauritania 0-1 Tanzania
[Kapombe 89]
09 Aug 2025 Central African Rep. 0-1 Mauritania
[El Moctar 9]
09 Aug 2025 Tanzania 2-1 Madagascar
[Mzize 13, 20; Razafimahatana 34]
13 Aug 2025 Madagascar 2-0 Central African Republic
[Rakotondraibe 84, Rafanomezantsoa 90+4]
13 Aug 2025 Mauritania 1-0 Burkina Faso
[Alassane Diop 45+9]
16 Aug 2025 Burkina Faso 1-2 Madagascar
[Sangaré 25; Razafimaro 7, Rafanomezantsoa 58]
16 Aug 2025 Central African Rep. 0-0 Tanzania
1.TANZANIA 4 3 1 0 5- 1 10
2.MADAGASCAR 4 2 1 1 5- 3 7
3.Mauritania 4 2 1 1 2- 1 7
4.Burkina Faso 4 1 0 3 5- 7 3
5.Central A. Rep. 4 0 1 3 2- 7 1
Group C
04 Aug 2025 Niger 0-1 Guinea
[Cantona 47]
04 Aug 2025 Uganda 0-3 Algeria
[Ghezala 36, Meziane 76, Bayazid 79]
08 Aug 2025 Algeria 1-1 South Africa
[Belhocini 29; Kutumela 45]
08 Aug 2025 Guinea 0-3 Uganda
[Mpande 31, Okello 62pen, Ahimbisibwe 89]
11 Aug 2025 South Africa 2-1 Guinea
[Maema 10, Kutumela 54; Moussa Camara 37]
11 Aug 2025 Uganda 2-0 Niger
[Okello 25, Sserunjogi 56]
15 Aug 2025 Guinea 1-1 Algeria
[Camara 62; Bayazid 88]
15 Aug 2025 Niger 0-0 South Africa
18 Aug 2025 Algeria 0-0 Niger
18 Aug 2025 South Africa 3-3 Uganda
[Mphahlele 52, Kutumela 58, Ndlondlo 83; Ssemugabi 31,
Okello 88pen, Ochaki 90+6pen]
1.UGANDA 4 2 1 1 8- 6 7
2.ALGERIA 4 1 3 0 5- 2 6
3.South Africa 4 1 3 0 6- 5 6
4.Guinea 4 1 1 2 3- 6 4
5.Niger 4 0 2 2 0- 3 2
Group D
05 Aug 2025 Congo 1-1 Sudan
[Ekongo 86; Kanti 29]
05 Aug 2025 Senegal 1-0 Nigeria
[Gomis 75]
12 Aug 2025 Senegal 1-1 Congo
[Layousse 82; Moussavou 19]
12 Aug 2025 Sudan 4-0 Nigeria
[Ngenge 25og, Khidir 44pen, Abdel Raouf 55, 62]
19 Aug 2025 Nigeria 2-0 Congo
[Yusuf 56, Sikiru 90+3]
19 Aug 2025 Sudan 0-0 Senegal
1.SUDAN 3 1 2 0 5- 1 5
2.SENEGAL 3 1 2 0 2- 1 5
3.Nigeria 3 1 0 2 2- 5 3
4.Congo 3 0 2 1 2- 4 2
Quarterfinals
22 Aug 2025 Kenya 1-1 Madagascar [aet; 3-4 on pen.]
[Omija 48; Razafimaro 69pen]
22 Aug 2025 Tanzania 0-1 Morocco
[Lamlioui 65]
23 Aug 2025 Uganda 0-1 Senegal
[Ba 62]
23 Aug 2025 Sudan 1-1 Algeria [aet; 4-2 on pen.]
[Ghezala 48og; Bayazid 73]
Semifinals
26 Aug 2025 Madagascar 1-0 Sudan [aet]
[Rakotondraibe 116]
26 Aug 2025 Morocco 1-1 Senegal [aet; 5-3 on pen.]
[Bougrine 23; Layousse 16]
Third Place Match
29 Aug 2025 Sudan 1-1 Senegal [2-4 on pen.]
[Asad 6; Ndiaye 58]
Final
30 Aug 2025 Madagascar 2-3 Morocco
[Manohantsoa 9, Rakotondraibe 68; Mehri 27, Lamlioui 44, 80]
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