AFCON 2027 qualifiers: groups and dates

Forty-eight teams play for 21 places alongside the three hosts, in twelve groups of four drawn on 19 May 2026. Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have already qualified as hosts and still play their groups. The next matches are in the 9 to 17 November 2026 window.

• Matchdays 1 and 2: 21 September to 6 October 2026 (played)
• Matchdays 3 and 4: 9 to 17 November 2026
• Matchdays 5 and 6: 22 to 30 March 2027

The twelve groups

• Host: Kenya

  South Africa, Guinea, Kenya, Eritrea

• Host: Uganda

  Tunisia, Uganda, Libya, Botswana

• Host: Tanzania

  Nigeria, Madagascar, Tanzania, Guinea-Bissau

• Morocco, Gabon, Niger, Lesotho

• Egypt, Angola, Malawi, South Sudan

• Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gambia, Somalia

• DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe

• Burkina Faso, Benin, Mauritania, Central African Republic

• Cameroon, Comoros, Namibia, Congo

• Algeria, Zambia, Togo, Burundi

• Senegal, Mozambique, Sudan, Ethiopia

• Mali, Cape Verde, Rwanda, Liberia

For the live tables, see CAF. Kenya's, Uganda's and Tanzania's results appear on /kenya and /uganda as they are played.