The 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, also referred to as AFCON 2027 or CAN 2027, and for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027, will be the 36th edition of the African football tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as a biennial tournament. It will be hosted by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania from 19 June to 17 July 2027.
This edition of the tournament will be the first to be hosted by three countries, and the first in five decades to be organised in the CECAFA region, since it was hosted by Ethiopia in 1976.
This event is part of the Africa Cup of Nations' 70th anniversary. It will also be the last one to be held in odd-numbered years, as CAF announced in December 2025 that AFCON would become a Quadrennial tournament from 2028 onwards.
Morocco are the defending champions after being controversially awarded the 2025 title after an appeal and despite Senegal originally winning 1–0 in the final.
Host selection
On 7 April 2023, CAF decided to choose the host nations for the 2025 and 2027 editions of the tournament on the same day. On 27 September the same year, CAF announced that the 2027 edition will be hosted by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Bids The bids were as follows: and and – Also bid for the 2025 edition
/ / (selected)
Qualification
Qualified teams
Qualifying matches will be played during FIFA international windows in March 2026 (preliminary round), September/October 2026 (matchdays 1–2), November 2026 (matchdays 3–4), and March 2027 (matchdays 5–6). The draw was broadcast live on CAF’s official digital platforms and through its broadcast partners. TeamQualification methodDate of qualificationAppearance(s)Previous best performance 1972 2019 1 (1972, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2004, 2019)TBD 1980 2025 3 (2025)TBD 1962 2 (1978)TBD
Venues
Since the competition will be jointly hosted by three countries, it was initially reported that each host nation would provide three stadiums, bringing the total number of venues to nine. Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda each proposed two host cities during the early planning stages of the tournament.
Subsequent planning discussions indicated that the tournament could be staged across a broader geographic footprint, with up to ten host cities in total. However the host cities of Kakamega and Eldoret in Kenya as well as Dodoma in Tanzania were excluded from hosting reducing the number of total host cities in the three countries to seven.
Nairobi will now be the only host city for Kenya after the exclusion of the cities of Eldoret and Kakamega. Tanzania will host matches in the cities of Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Zanzibar while Uganda has put forward Kampala, Hoima and Lira as venues. The total number of stadiums will be ten.
+List of candidate host cities City Stadium Capacity Image Dar es SalaamBenjamin Mkapa Stadium60,000 ArushaSamia Suluhu Hassan Stadium30,000(new) ZanzibarAmaan Stadium15,000Fumba Stadium35,000 NairobiRaila Odinga International Stadium60,000(new)Moi International Sports Centre60,000(after renovation)Nyayo National Stadium30,000 HoimaHoima City Stadium20,000(expected) KampalaMandela National Stadium64,125(after renovation) LiraAkii Bua Stadium20,000
Notes
See also 2024 African Nations Championship Football in Kenya Football in Tanzania Football in Uganda
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