CAF AFCON 2025
With just two TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations titles to its name, the Southern African region’s continental ambitions will be at an all-time high when the much-anticipated continental showpiece takes centre stage in Morocco in a few months’ time.
For the first time in the history of the competition, the Southern African region (COSAFA) will have a record seven representatives competing at Africa’s most prestigious competition in Morocco between 21 December 2025 – 18 January 2026.
Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe are the seven qualified nations from the region which is a first since CAF’s expansion of participating teams from 16 to 24 at the Egypt 2019 finals.
South Africa (1996) and Zambia (2012) are the only two Southern African nations to lift the coveted title since the tournament’s 1957 inception.
The most recent podium finish for a Southern African nation came recently at the Cote d’Ivoire finals when Bafana Bafana edged DR Congo for a third-place finish, while Zambia who were also in Cote d’Ivoire bowed out in the group stages.
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