How to watch AFCON 2025 draw today: Start time, TV channel, live stream and pots in full | OneFootball

Hosts Morocco are looking to win tournament for first time since 1976

AFCON 2025 moves a step closer tonight as the group-stage draw is held in Morocco.

It is the first time since 1988 that Morocco have hosted the Africa Cup of Nations, and they will be hoping home advantage can help end a 50-year wait to be crowned champions of Africa.

Ivory Coast go into the tournament as holders having won as hosts last year, sacking Jean-Louis Gasset after the group-stages but still then going all the way to lift the trophy.

Morocco and Ivory Coast have both been placed in Pot 1, with the other 22 countries split based on the FIFA world rankings in December.

The big shock in AFCON qualifying came as Ghana failed to win any of their six matches and finished bottom of the group, meaning they will miss the tournament for the first time since 2004.

When is AFCON 2025 draw?

The draw for AFCON 2025 will take place this evening, Monday January 27, 2025.

It is set to begin at 6pm GMT at the Mohammed V National Theatre in Rabat, Morocco.

How to watch AFCON 2025 draw

TV channel: The draw will be streamed live on DAZN in the UK.

Live stream: Subscribers will be able to watch on a live stream via the DAZN website or app.

Live blog: Follow the draw with Standard Sport’s dedicated LIVE blog!

When will AFCON 2025 be played?

The first match of AFCON 2025 will be played on Sunday December 21, 2025, when Morocco take on their first Group A opponent.

The tournament will run for a month, through to the final on Sunday January 18, 2026.

AFCON 2025 pots

Pot 1: Morocco, Senegal, Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria, Ivory Coast

Pot 2: Cameroon, Mali, Tunisia, South Africa, DR Congo, Burkina Faso

Pot 3: Gabon, Angola, Zambia, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea, Benin

Pot 4: Mozambique, Comoros, Tanzania, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Botswana