2025 AFCON Bracket: Our top picks for the tournament
by Tyler Doty
2025 AFCON: SportyTrader's Picks
Here is our bracket, based on our 2025 AFCON predictions.
As predicted in our 2025 AFCON predictions (see our analysis here), we see Morocco winning at home.
In the last edition, we already predicted that the Ivorians would be crowned champions in front of their fans. Let's hope for the Atlas Lions that our predictions prove true once again!
For the 2025 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, we expect the tournament's “big names” to be present, and none of them should be eliminated in the group stage.
This sets the stage for a superb knockout phase, with some huge clashes starting in the quarterfinals.
2025 Africa Cup of Nations Bracket: Our explanation of the qualifiers
To fully understand how our experts worked on this prediction table, here are the main factors taken into account:
- Public support
- The strength of the nations
- The form of key players
- The current form of the nations
- The statistics for each country
- The history of previous encounters
- Performance in previous Africa Cup of Nations tournaments
The public's influence is often underestimated. However, when it comes to soccer, particularly in Africa, it is a significant factor given how important the fans are.
In Morocco in particular, fans always cheer on their national team, and the latest excellent results have brought the whole country together in a magnificent show of unity. If Morocco goes all the way, its fans will clearly have played a big part in that success.
Of course, the squad selected by each nation's coaches to participate in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, as well as the form of the players just before the tournament, are of paramount importance.
The Atlas Lions have a quality squad across all positions
Our experts are obviously taking this into account. And, once again, they believe the Atlas Lions have the advantage here, as they have a quality squad across all positions.
Morocco is also fortunate to have a well-established coach with a long unbeaten streak. Hence the argument about the current form of the nations. The Moroccans are undoubtedly the African team in the best form at the moment.
The overall statistics and those of each team, the history of head-to-head matches, and the performance of all the qualified countries in recent editions have obviously also been taken into account. This is not all, of course, and other aspects are also considered, but all those mentioned above are the main ones.
So, do you agree with our predictions? Do you see another nation coming out on top and causing an upset? Don't wait any longer to bet on the future winner and the future performance of each of the participating nations. Great odds await you throughout the tournament, so don't hesitate to take advantage of them!
