Today, Wednesday, the contests of the preliminary round of 2025 AFCON qualifiers will kick off.
Eight lowest-ranked nations as per the FIFA Rankings will participate in a home and away knockout format for the preliminary round of the qualifiers.
The 4 winning teams will join the 44 nations that will be engaged in the group stages of the qualifiers.
During this stage of the qualifiers, the four lowest-ranked nations will play at home first, with the return leg to be hosted by the higher-ranked opposing nation.
The fixtures will be this FIFA International Break between March 20 and 26.
Regarding the results of the draw, they were as follows:
Somalia vs Eswatini
Sao Tome vs South Sudan
Chad vs Mauritius
Djibouti vs Liberia