Di Confédération Africaine de Football, wey dem dey call CAF, don announce di kick-off and final dates for di historic TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027, wey Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda go co-host.
Di opening match go happun on Saturday, 19 June 2027, and di final go be on Saturday, 17 July 2027.
Di dates don get approval from di FIFA Council wey dem hold for Vancouver, Canada.
CAF go announce di country wey go host di opening match and di final later.
Di TotalEnergies CAF AFCON PAMOJA 2027 na di first AFCON wey three countries go host, and e go give CAF and African football chance to reach over 400 million people for East Africa region.
For di qualification side, di preliminary round don finish, and di journey to Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda go continue with di draw for di qualifiers on 19 May 2026.
Total of 48 teams, including di three co-hosts, go participate for di qualifiers.
Di draw go determine di pathway to di TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027.
Di qualifiers go take place across three FIFA International Windows, and di 48 teams go be drawn into 12 groups of four teams each.
Di top two teams for each group go qualify for di final tournament.
Di TotalEnergies CAF AFCON PAMOJA 2027 also mark di competition return to East Africa for di first time since Ethiopia host AFCON for 1976.
Di tournament go build on di success of recent editions, like di TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 and di TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Côte d’Ivoire 2023, wey deliver record commercial revenue, sponsorship growth and global broadcast audiences.
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