2027 Africa Cup of Nations

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2027 Africa Cup of Nations
  • Kombe la Mataifa ya Afrika 2027
Tournament details
Host countriesKenya
Tanzania
Uganda
DatesJune-July 2027
Teams24
Venue(s)9 (in 6 host cities)
2025
2029

The 2027 Africa Cup of Nations , also referred to as AFCON 2027 or CAN 2027, is scheduled to be the 36th edition of the biennial African football tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It will be hosted by Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania in June and July 2027. For the first time, the tournament will take place in three countries.

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This edition of the tournament will be the first ever to be hosted by three different countries, and also the first in 5 decades to be organized in the CECAFA region, since it was hosted by Ethiopia in 1976. This came after CAF president Patrice Motsepe announced that the competition will be zonal oriented so it can be hosted by all the geographic zones of Africa.

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. [1] On 27 September the same year, CAF announced that the 2027 edition will be hosted by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. [2]

Bids

The bids were as follows:

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for this edition of the tournament.

TeamMethod of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA ranking
at start of event
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Co-hosts27 September 20237th 2019 Group stage (1972, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2004, 2019)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 5th 2025 Group stage (1980, 2019, 2023)
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 9th 2025 Runners-up (1978)

    Venues

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    Location of the host cities of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations
    • Kenya
    •  1  Eldoret
    •  2  Nairobi
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    • Tanzania
    •  3  Arusha
    •  4  Dar es Salaam
    •  5  Mwanza
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    • Uganda
    •  6  Hoima
    •  7  Kampala

    Since the competition will be held in 3 countries, it was reported that each country will host 3 stadiums, for a total of 9, which will be the largest number of venues hosting one edition. Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda each proposed two cities for the tournament. [3] The tournament will likely be hosted in the cities of Nairobi, Eldoret, Da res Salaam, Arusha, Zanzibar, Kampala, Lira and Hoima.

    List of candidate host cities
    CityStadiumCapacity
    Flag of Tanzania.svg Arusha Samia Suluhu Hassan Stadium (New)30,000
    Flag of Tanzania.svg Dar es Salaam Benjamin Mkapa Stadium 60,000
    Chamazi Stadium 10,000
    Flag of Kenya.svg Eldoret Kipchoge Keino Stadium 15,000 [4]
    Flag of Uganda.svg Hoima Hoima Sports Stadium (New)20,000
    Flag of Uganda.svg Kampala Mandela National Stadium 45,202
    Nakivubo Stadium 35,000
    Flag of Tanzania.svg Mwanza CCM Kirumba Stadium 35,000
    Flag of Kenya.svg Nairobi Moi International Sports Centre 55,000 [4]
    Talanta Sports Stadium (New)60,000 [4]

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