THE dates of Tanzania’s African qualifiers for CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Qualifiers have been confirmed, with all six games taking place between September and November 2024.

Taifa Stars were drawn out alongside DR Congo, Guinea and Ethiopia in their group at a draw held early this month in South Africa. 

The released fixture will see Taifa Stars start at home and also finish at home. 

They will kick-off their campaign with a home game against Ethiopia on Monday, September 2, before making the trip to Guinea four days later. 

October sees a home and away double against neighbours DR Congo. Tanzania and DR Congo were in the same group in the last AFCON early this year and they are also pooled together in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. 

First, Hemed Morocco and his men face DR Congo away on October 11 followed by the reverse fixture in Dar four days later. 

They will wrap up the qualifiers in November. 

Tanzania will travel to face the Walia of Ethiopia on November 11 before sealing their group stage campaign with a home assignment against Guinea four days later. 

Tanzania will be looking to make back-to-back AFCON finals appearances for the first time in their history having qualified for the last tournament held in Ivory Coast. 

The CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2025 will kick off on December 21, 2025, and conclude with the final a month later on January 18, 2026 - less than five months before the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in USA, Canada and Mexico. 

That means the tournament is scheduled to begin just a year after the qualification stage ends. 

Morocco will host the CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2025, with the country staging the tournament for the second time in its history and the first since 1988. 

Venues across six cities including Casablanca, Rabat and Marrakech, will play host to games. 

Guinea was originally set as hosts for this edition of the tournament, but had its hosting rights stripped after affirming its inadequacy of hosting preparations.