The draw was conducted at CAF’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday.
The eight lowest-ranked teams in the last FIFA ranking were involved in the preliminary round.
Here is the preliminary draw:
First leg:
Somalia vs Eswatini
Sao Tome vs South Sudan
Chad vs Mauritius
Djibouti vs Liberia
Second leg:
Eswatini vs Somalia
South Sudan vs Sao Tome
Mauritius vs Chad
Liberia vs Djibouti
The games will be played on a home and away basis between 20-26 March 2024.
The four preliminary round winners will join the 44 exempted teams for the group stage.
However, 24 teams will take part in the AFCON 2025 finals to be hosted by Morocco.
