2027 Africa Cup of Nations

The 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (also referred to as AFCON 2027 or CAN 2027), known as the TotalEnergies 2027 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is scheduled to be the 36th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament will be hosted by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

2027 Africa Cup of Nations
  • Kombe la Mataifa ya Afrika 2027
Tournament details
Host countriesKenya
Tanzania
Uganda
DatesJune-July 2027
Teams24

This edition of the tournament will be the first ever to be hosted by three different countries, and also the first that will be organized in East Africa or more specifically CECAFA region after 47 years since it was last hosted by Ethiopia in 1976. This came after CAF president Patrice Motsepe has announced that the competition will be zonal oriented so it can be hosted by all the geographic zones of Africa (UNAF, WAFU, UNIFFAC, CECAFA, and COSAFA).

Host selection
Main article: 2027 Africa Cup of Nations bids

On 7 April 2023, a decision was taken by CAF that the hosts for the 2025 and 2027 Africa Cup of Nations will be chosen at the same day. They also announced that there will be four bids for the 2027 edition.[1]

Bidding timeline

On 27 April 2023, the CAF Executive Committee announced the bidding process of the tournament.[2] The bidding timeline is as follows:

  • 23 May 2023: Deadline for Member Associations to submit their final bid, including all bidding and hosting documents (hosting agreement, host cities agreement, government guarantees, etc.), which should be signed.
  • 1 June – 15 July 2023: Inspection visits
  • 27 September 2023: Appointment of Host Country/Countries by the CAF Executive Committee[3]

Bids

The bids were as follows: [2]

Withdrawn bids

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for the tournament.

Team Method of
qualification		 Date of
qualification		 Finals
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Previous best
performance		 FIFA ranking
at start of event
 KenyaCo-hosts27 September 20237th2019Group stage (1972, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2004, 2019)
 TanzaniaCo-hosts27 September 20234th2023Group stage (1980, 2019)
 UgandaCo-hosts27 September 20238th2019Runners-up (1978)

References
  1. "CAF Executive Committee unanimously supports Morocco's FIFA World Cup 2030 bid 6 April 2022".
  2. "CAF receives declaration of interest from six countries for the Africa Cup of Nations 2027 hosting". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. "Tanzania, Uganda & Kenya to host 2027 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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