The previous round resulted in the qualification of 19 teams to the finals, which Morocco will host from December 21, 2025 until January 18, 2026, including 5 Arab teams.
11 teams advanced to the finals of the next edition of the continental championship, having previously won the title, led by Egyptian teamThe record holder for the number of times it has won the African Cup of Nations, with 7 titles, is in the fifth consecutive edition and the 27th in its history, strengthening its record as the most participating team in the most important and strongest competition at the level of teams on the African continent.
Teams also qualified Cameroonwhich won the title 5 times, and Nigeria, which won the tournament 3 times, and Côte d’Ivoire (the defending champion), which also won the tournament 3 times, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which held the cup in 1968 and 1974, and Algeria, which won the cup in 1990 and 2019, and Morocco (the host), Who topped the podium in 1976, and South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia And Senegal, who won the competition in 1996, 2004, 2012 and 2021, respectively.
The teams of Burkina Faso, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Uganda, Mali, Zimbabwe and the Comoros also reserved their places in the finals, as they dream of winning the title for the first time in their history.
The list of qualifiers stipulates: Africa Cup of Nations The teams ranked first and second in the 12 groups will advance to the finals, bringing the number of participants to 24 teams.
The most notable surprise was the failure of Ghana and Cape Verde (Cape Verde) to advance to the next edition of the tournament, with both teams bottoming out in the sixth and third groups, respectively.
This is the first time in 20 years that it has failed Ghana In ascending to the African Cup of Nations, which it won 4 times, the last absence of the Black Stars team from this African forum dates back to the 2004 edition, which was hosted by Tunisia.
The qualification for the remaining five teams in the tournament was postponed until the sixth (final) round, as many decisive confrontations will take place tomorrow, Monday, and the day after tomorrow, Tuesday.
After the rise of Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and…Morocco And Comoros, the next edition may witness a record participation of Arab teams in the tournament, as the number may rise to 8 teams in light of the possession of Libya, Sudan andMauritania Good luck qualifying too.
It was a copy African Cup of Nations 2021, which was held in Cameroon, witnessed the largest Arab participation in the history of the tournament, with the appearance of 7 teams at that time: Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan, Mauritania, and the Comoros.
