AFCON 2027 news and analysis

Qualifying news, format changes and venue updates as they are confirmed.

August 1, 2026AFCON 2027 expands to 28 teams, and leaves one big question openCAF has grown the finals from 24 teams to 28 for the 2027 edition. The qualification mechanism that has to follow has not been published.August 1, 2026Nobody can tell you who will broadcast AFCON 2027 yetRights to the 2027 tournament are almost entirely unsold. The country-by-country broadcaster lists circulating online describe the previous edition.August 1, 2026What the CAF stadium inspection actually foundCAF inspected the proposed AFCON 2027 grounds in February 2026 and concluded that none of them met the required standard.August 1, 2026Group C is the one to watch: two champions, seven titles, one groupThe Cairo draw put Ivory Coast and Ghana in the same qualifying group. Between them they have won the Africa Cup of Nations seven times.

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What gets published is our own reading of what the event means for this tournament, anchored to the data on this site. Three things are never asserted, because nobody knows them: how many teams go through from a qualifying group, which stadium will host anything, and which channel will show the matches.