The 2027 Africa Cup of Nations bids entails the bids for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations. The winners were Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
On 27 April 2023, the CAF Executive Committee announced the bidding process of the tournament. [1] The bidding timeline is as follows:
Text in bold indicates a winning bid.
Initially a joint bid with Namibia, but on 19 April 2022, Namibia pulled out after the national government failed to approve on a budget. [2] After that, Botswana entered as a solo bid, [1] before joining up with Zambia just before the vote after Zambia withdrew from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations bidding process. [3] [4] [5]
When CAF announced the 2027 bids, Egypt was included. [1] Had they won, it would've been only eight years after they hosted the 2019 edition. [6] [7]
After originally wanting 2025, [8] Nigeria and Benin decided to put in a late bid for 2027. Shortly before the vote, the House Committee on Sports in the Federal House of Representatives informed the Nigeria Football Federation that they need to withdraw. [9] [10] Some media outlets said Nigeria and Benin's bid was the favourite to win, [11] [12] while others were saying they would receive the 2029 Africa Cup of Nations hosting rights. [13]
Despite not being on the list of bidding countries, Senegal was allowed to bid. [1] The bidders learnt about their inclusion in the bidding process on the 3 May 2023 [14] After Algeria withdrew, the Senegalese bid was considered as the favourite to win. [15] [13]
Having initially started as a Tanzania and Uganda bid, due to Kenya's suspension from FIFA, [16] Kenya joined the bid after their FIFA suspension was lifted, with the Kenyan government approving the bid proposal on 6 December 2022. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] After a stampede in Tanzania killed 1 and injured 30, doubts were raised about the bid's ability to host the event. [25] The three countries were banking on their commercial viability rather than their results on the pitch to win the bid and to bring the tournament to East Africa after 51 years. [26]
Also bid for the 2025 edition. On 26 September 2023, Algeria announced their withdrawal of both 2025 and 2027 bids. [1] [27] There reasons were that they wanted to revitalise Algerian Football and also thought that the bidding process was biased towards Morocco for 2025. However, to avoid a fine from CAF, they still submitted their files to CAF for evaluation. [28]
After Namibia withdrew, Botswana were unsure about continuing their bid after Namibia withdrew from the joint-bid. [29] [30] In the end, Botswana's name was on the list of bidding countries. [1] The president of the Botswana Football Association, Maclean Letshwiti, stated that he was still confident that Botswana could still win. [31] On the 24 May, the Botswana filed their bid book, earmarking proposed facitlities in Gaborone, Maun and Kasane. On the 16 June, Gabane and Lobatse were confirmed as part of the bid. [32] But shortly before the vote, they merged their bid with Zambia, who at the same time, withdrew from the 2025 bidding process.
The proposed venues were as follows: [41]
Zambia was rumoured to bid for 2027, [34] but were not included on the list of bidding nations. [1] Although, they would join up with Botswana for a joint bid shortly before the vote for 2027.
Burkina Faso was rumoured to bid for 2027, [34] but were not included on the list of bidding nations. [1]
On the 27 September 2023, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda was announced as the hosts of the tournament. [43]
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