Afcon 2025 fixtures: Dates, start times and full schedule for Africa Cup of Nations

The 24 teams have been split into six groups of four, with the winners and runners-up progressing to the knockout phase, along with the best four third-placed nations.

The holders Ivory Coast face a testing Group F with Cameroon , Gabon and Mozambique . Nigeria , the beaten finalists last time , will meet Tunisia , Uganda and Tanzania in Group C.

Morocco stepped up to host after Guinea was stripped of staging rights over concerns about infrastructure and facilities in the country.

The host cities are the capital Rabat, Casablanca, Agadir, Marrakech, Fes and Tangier, with the tournament playing out in nine different stadiums.

Morocco will kick-off the tournament against Comoros at the Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah on 21 December.

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Ivory Coast won the tournament two years ago (AFP via Getty Images)

Morocco v Comoros 7:00 PM Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah, Rabat, Morocco

Mali v Zambia 2:00 PM Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco

South Africa v Angola 5:00 PM Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco

Egypt v Zimbabwe 8:00 PM Le Grand Stade Agadir, Agadir, Morocco

Congo DR v Benin 12:30 PM Stade El Barid, Rabat, Morocco

Senegal v Botswana 3:00 PM Stade Ibn-Batouta, Tanger, Morocco

Nigeria v Tanzania 5:30 PM Complexe Sportif de Fès, Fès, Morocco

Tunisia v Uganda 8:00 PM Stade Olympique de Rabat, Rabat, Morocco

Burkina Faso v Equatorial Guinea 12:30 PM Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco

Algeria v Sudan 3:00 PM Stade Prince Moulay Al Hassan, Rabat, Morocco

Ivory Coast v Mozambique 5:30 PM Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco

Cameroon v Gabon 8:00 PM Le Grand Stade Agadir, Agadir, Morocco

Angola v Zimbabwe 12:30 PM Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco

Egypt v South Africa 3:00 PM Le Grand Stade Agadir, Agadir, Morocco

Zambia v Comoros 5:30 PM Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco

Morocco v Mali 8:00 PM Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah, Rabat, Morocco

Benin v Botswana 12:30 PM Stade Olympique de Rabat, Rabat, Morocco

Senegal v Congo DR 3:00 PM Stade Ibn-Batouta, Tanger, Morocco

Uganda v Tanzania 5:30 PM Stade El Barid, Rabat, Morocco

Nigeria v Tunisia 8:00 PM Complexe Sportif de Fès, Fès, Morocco

Gabon v Mozambique 12:30 PM Le Grand Stade Agadir, Agadir, Morocco

Equatorial Guinea v Sudan 3:00 PM Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco

Algeria v Burkina Faso 5:30 PM Stade Prince Moulay Al Hassan, Rabat, Morocco

Ivory Coast v Cameroon 8:00 PM Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco

Angola v Egypt 4:00 PM Le Grand Stade Agadir, Agadir, Morocco

Zimbabwe v South Africa 4:00 PM Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco

Comoros v Mali 7:00 PM Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco

Zambia v Morocco 7:00 PM Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah, Rabat, Morocco

Tanzania v Tunisia 4:00 PM Stade Olympique de Rabat, Rabat, Morocco

Uganda v Nigeria 4:00 PM Complexe Sportif de Fès, Fès, Morocco

Benin v Senegal 7:00 PM Stade Ibn-Batouta, Tanger, Morocco

Botswana v Congo DR 7:00 PM Stade El Barid, Rabat, Morocco

Equatorial Guinea v Algeria 4:00 PM Stade Prince Moulay Al Hassan, Rabat, Morocco

Sudan v Burkina Faso 4:00 PM Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco

Gabon v Ivory Coast 7:00 PM Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco

Mozambique v Cameroon 7:00 PM Le Grand Stade Agadir, Agadir, Morocco

1D v 3rd Place Group B/E/F 4:00 PM Stade Ibn-Batouta, Tanger, Morocco

2A v 2C 7:00 PM Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco

1A v 3rd Place Group C/D/E 4:00 PM Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah, Rabat, Morocco

2B v 2F 7:00 PM Stade El Barid, Rabat, Morocco

1B v 3rd Place Group A/C/D 4:00 PM Le Grand Stade Agadir, Agadir, Morocco

1C v 3rd Place Group A/B/F 7:00 PM Complexe Sportif de Fès, Fès, Morocco

1E v 2D 4:00 PM Stade Prince Moulay Al Hassan, Rabat, Morocco

1F v 2E 7:00 PM Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco

Round of 16 2 Winner v Round of 16 1 Winner 4:00 PM Stade Ibn-Batouta, Tanger, Morocco

Round of 16 4 Winner v Round of 16 3 Winner 7:00 PM Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah, Rabat, Morocco

Round of 16 7 Winner v Round of 16 6 Winner 4:00 PM Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco

Round of 16 5 Winner v Round of 16 8 Winner 7:00 PM Le Grand Stade Agadir, Agadir, Morocco

Quarterfinal 1 Winner v Quarterfinal 4 Winner 5:00 PM Stade Ibn-Batouta, Tanger, Morocco

Quarterfinal 3 Winner v Quarterfinal 2 Winner 8:00 PM Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah, Rabat, Morocco

Semifinal 1 Loser v Semifinal 2 Loser 4:00 PM Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco