THE Warriors will discover their opponents for this year's Africa Cup of Nations finals with the draw taking place in Morocco today.
The much-anticipated draw will be held at 6pm where the 24 competing teams will learn their routes.
This year's Afcon tournament will be played between December 21 2025 and January 18 2026.
This will be Zimbabwe’s sixth appearance at the continental showpiece.
Zimbabwe played at the 2004, 2006, 2017, 2018 and 2021 finals but missed out on the last edition due to a Fifa ban.
Coach Michael Nees will be hoping for a favourable draw.
However, it is going to be tough for the Zimbabwe senior national team which is placed in Pot Four.
They are in the same Pot as Mozambique, Comoros, Tanzania, Sudan and Botswana.
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The pots were determined by the Fifa rankings.
Pot One has Morocco, Senegal, Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria and Ivory Coast.
It means the Warriors will draw one of the giants who have all won the Afcon trophy before.
Pot Two contains Cameroon, Mali, Tunisia, South Africa, DR Congo and Burkina Faso.
Pot Three has Gabon, Angola, Zambia, Uganda, Equatorial, Guinea and Benin.
Each group will contain four teams and the Warriors will be hoping to go beyond the group stages for the first time.
Zimbabwe qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations finals after securing second spot in Group J of the qualifiers.
Cameroon were the group winners while Kenya and Namibia missed out on qualification.
Other teams from the Southern Africa region which will be competing at the 2025 Afcon finals are South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, DRC and Angola.
