By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
The Confederation of African Football has celebrated 100 days to the start of 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
Morocco will host the biennial competition for the first time in 37 years.
The North Africans hosted the AFCON for the first time in 1988.
Morocco 2025 will bring together passionate fans from across the continent, and also showcase Africa’s football to the rest of the world.
This edition is expected to break the records set by the hugely successful 2023 edition in Côte d’Ivoire, which attracted a global television audience of over 1.5 billion and more than 2.4 billion digital streams. 24 countries will participate in the competition which will run from December 21, 2025 to January 16, 2026.
The finals will be played in nine stadiums across six cities – Rabat, Casablanca, Fès, Tangier, Marrakech and Agadir.
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