Kenya will learn of their opponents for the 2025 CAF Africa Cup of Nations, to be held in Morocco, today when the draw is conducted in South Africa.The qualifiers are set to commence in September, and Stars coach Engin Firat will find out which teams he will face on the qualification journey for the tournament, which will be staged in Morocco in December 2025. Kenya, ranked 108th, are placed in Pot 3.##NAJAVA_MECA_8191715##Harambee Stars last participated in Africa’s premier international competition in 2019 in Cairo, Egypt, exiting at the group stage. They did not take part in the 2021 edition after being kicked out of the qualifiers following a ban imposed by FIFA when the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) was disbanded by the government.The Stars returned to the international scene in 2023, featuring in a couple of friendly games before the 2026 World Cup qualifiers commenced last November.The draw will take place at 3:30 PM local time and will be live-streamed on CAF’s Official YouTube channel. Head coach of the Côte d’Ivoire national team, Emerse Faé, along with Moroccan legend Marouane Chamakh, will assist in conducting the draw.A total of 48 nations will be involved in the draw for the qualifiers, with half of them set to secure places in the biennial tournament. The teams will be grouped into four pots of 12. The highest-ranked nations, according to the latest FIFA Rankings issued on June 20, 2024, will occupy Pot 1, with the same procedure followed for Pots 2, 3, and 4 to make up the 48 nations.Stage set for FKF Division One mini-league promotion playoff in EldoretThe concluded draw will create 12 groups of 4 teams (Group A to L). The winner and runner-up in each of the eleven groups that do not include tournament hosts Morocco will qualify for the competition.Qualified Nations for the Qualifiers Draw:Morocco (hosts), Côte d’Ivoire, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Harambee Stars bow out of the COSAFA Cup
