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Mohamed Salah to face South Africa! Liverpool & Egypt star learns AFCON fate alongside African Player of the Year Ademola Lookman - as groups drawn for 2025 tournament in Morocco

Salah's Egypt have been drawn in Group B alongside South Africa, Angola and Zimbabwe. The Pharaohs will begin their journey at the AFCON 2025 on December 22 against the Bafana Bafana, who eliminated 2022 World Cup semi-finalists Morocco from the round of 16 in the last edition of the African competition.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Meanwhile, current African Player of the Year and Atalanta star Ademola Lookman is set to line up for Nigeria against Tunisia, Uganda and Tanzania in Group C. Nigeria lost in the final against the Ivory Coast in the last edition, but will be among the favourites to lift the trophy again with the likes of Lookman and Victor Osimhen leading the attack.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Can December come already? Here's what the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TotalEnergiesAFCON2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TotalEnergiesAFCON2025</a> groups look like after the Final Draw! 🙌 <a href="https://t.co/QYQsAIu1e4">pic.twitter.com/QYQsAIu1e4</a>— CAF_Online (@CAF_Online) <a href="https://twitter.com/CAF_Online/status/1883962863397790091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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THE BIGGER PICTURE

Group A: Morocco, Mali, Zambia, ComorosGroup B: Egypt, South Africa, Angola, ZimbabweGroup C: Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda, TanzaniaGroup D: Senegal, DR Congo, Benin, BotswanaGroup E: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, SudanGroup F: Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon, Mozambique

AFCON 2025 GROUP STAGE DRAW IN FULL

Morocco are all set to host the upcoming edition of the AFCON. This African nation are also set to co-host the 2030 World Cup along with Portugal, Spain, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

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Salah remains focused on Liverpool at the moment, and will be back in action for the club on Wednesday as they take on PSV Eindhoven in their final Champions League league phase match.

WHAT NEXT FOR MOHAMED SALAH?

Mohamed Salah to face South Africa! Liverpool & Egypt star learns AFCON fate alongside African Player of the Year Ademola Lookman - as groups drawn for 2025 tournament in Morocco | Goal.com UK

Mohamed Salah and Egypt have learned their fate for the AFCON after the group stage draw for the 2025 tournament.

Mohamed Salah to face South Africa! Liverpool &amp; Egypt star learns AFCON fate alongside African Player of the Year Ademola Lookman - as groups drawn for 2025 tournament in Morocco