{"id":180046,"date":"2024-09-06T16:28:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T14:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/angola\/africa-afcon-2025-qualifiers-seven-matches-to-watch-as-road-to-morocco-begins\/"},"modified":"2024-09-06T16:28:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T14:28:19","slug":"africa-afcon-2025-qualifiers-seven-matches-to-watch-as-road-to-morocco-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/southern-africa\/angola\/africa-afcon-2025-qualifiers-seven-matches-to-watch-as-road-to-morocco-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa: AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Seven Matches to Watch as Road to Morocco Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">The journey to the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025, officially begins on Wednesday, September 4, with the first round of qualifiers set to unfold across the African continent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"26\">As 48 nations compete for a spot in the 35th edition of Africa\u2019s most prestigious football tournament, the opening round promises an array of captivating encounters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"25\">The qualifiers will set the stage for the teams aiming to lift the coveted trophy in Morocco between December 21, 2025, and January 18,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202409060282.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Southern Africa <a title=\"Angola\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/southern-africa\/angola\/\">Angola<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The journey to the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025, officially begins on Wednesday, September 4, with the first round of qualifiers set to unfold across the African continent. As 48 nations compete for a spot in the 35th edition of Africa\u2019s most prestigious football tournament, the opening round promises an array of captivating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":180047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.allafrica.com\/download\/pic\/main\/main\/csiid\/00651743:3eaeae8234b68664757355f28a932c60:arc614x376:w1200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4262],"tags":[9488,258,256,4263,8082,19750,5609,257,7318,7414,254,10745],"class_list":["post-180046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-angola","tag-afcon","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-angola-news","tag-begins","tag-matches","tag-morocco","tag-news","tag-qualifiers","tag-road","tag-south-africa-today","tag-watch"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.allafrica.com\/download\/pic\/main\/main\/csiid\/00651743:3eaeae8234b68664757355f28a932c60:arc614x376:w1200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}