CAF unveils match schedule for AFCON 2025

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CAF unveils match schedule for AFCON 2025

The Confederation of African Football, CAF, on Friday announced the full match schedule for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Nine venues will be used across six cities for the continent’s flagship soccer event.

Hosts Morocco will will take on Comoros in the competition’s opening game at the newly-built 69,500-seater Complexe Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah in Rabat on Sunday, December 21.

The country’s capital, Rabat, will have four match venues.

Other host cities are Casablanca, Agadir, Marrakech, Fes and Tangier, which will have one match each.

The four quarter-final fixtures will be played at the Sportif Prince Moulay Abdellah in Rabat, as well as in Tangier, Marrakech and Agadir.

The semi-finals will be in Rabat and Tangier, with the third-place play-off set for the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca.

52 matches will be played during the biennial competition.

The Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire are the defending champions of the competition.