AFCON 2027 qualifiers schedule

All 144 qualifying matches, grouped by international window. CAF has published the pairings but not the individual kick-off times.

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First window · September 21 – October 6, 2026

Group	Matchday	Matches
A	1	Niger — Lesotho
A	1	Morocco — Gabon
A	2	Gabon — Niger
A	2	Lesotho — Morocco
B	1	Malawi — South Sudan
B	1	Egypt — Angola
B	2	Angola — Malawi
B	2	South Sudan — Egypt
C	1	Gambia — Somalia
C	1	Ivory Coast — Ghana
C	2	Ghana — Gambia
C	2	Somalia — Ivory Coast
D	1	Kenya — Eritrea
D	1	South Africa — Guinea
D	2	Guinea — Kenya
D	2	Eritrea — South Africa
E	1	Sierra Leone — Zimbabwe
E	1	DR Congo — Equatorial Guinea
E	2	Equatorial Guinea — Sierra Leone
E	2	Zimbabwe — DR Congo
F	1	Mauritania — Central African Republic
F	1	Burkina Faso — Benin
F	2	Benin — Mauritania
F	2	Central African Republic — Burkina Faso
G	1	Namibia — Congo
G	1	Cameroon — Comoros
G	2	Comoros — Namibia
G	2	Congo — Cameroon
H	1	Libya — Botswana
H	1	Tunisia — Uganda
H	2	Uganda — Libya
H	2	Botswana — Tunisia
I	1	Togo — Burundi
I	1	Algeria — Zambia
I	2	Zambia — Togo
I	2	Burundi — Algeria
J	1	Sudan — Ethiopia
J	1	Senegal — Mozambique
J	2	Mozambique — Sudan
J	2	Ethiopia — Senegal
K	1	Rwanda — Liberia
K	1	Mali — Cape Verde
K	2	Cape Verde — Rwanda
K	2	Liberia — Mali
L	1	Tanzania — Guinea-Bissau
L	1	Nigeria — Madagascar
L	2	Madagascar — Tanzania
L	2	Guinea-Bissau — Nigeria

Group	Matchday	Matches
A	3	Gabon — Lesotho
A	3	Morocco — Niger
A	4	Niger — Morocco
A	4	Lesotho — Gabon
B	3	Angola — South Sudan
B	3	Egypt — Malawi
B	4	Malawi — Egypt
B	4	South Sudan — Angola
C	3	Ghana — Somalia
C	3	Ivory Coast — Gambia
C	4	Gambia — Ivory Coast
C	4	Somalia — Ghana
D	3	Guinea — Eritrea
D	3	South Africa — Kenya
D	4	Kenya — South Africa
D	4	Eritrea — Guinea
E	3	Equatorial Guinea — Zimbabwe
E	3	DR Congo — Sierra Leone
E	4	Sierra Leone — DR Congo
E	4	Zimbabwe — Equatorial Guinea
F	3	Benin — Central African Republic
F	3	Burkina Faso — Mauritania
F	4	Mauritania — Burkina Faso
F	4	Central African Republic — Benin
G	3	Comoros — Congo
G	3	Cameroon — Namibia
G	4	Namibia — Cameroon
G	4	Congo — Comoros
H	3	Uganda — Botswana
H	3	Tunisia — Libya
H	4	Libya — Tunisia
H	4	Botswana — Uganda
I	3	Zambia — Burundi
I	3	Algeria — Togo
I	4	Togo — Algeria
I	4	Burundi — Zambia
J	3	Mozambique — Ethiopia
J	3	Senegal — Sudan
J	4	Sudan — Senegal
J	4	Ethiopia — Mozambique
K	3	Cape Verde — Liberia
K	3	Mali — Rwanda
K	4	Rwanda — Mali
K	4	Liberia — Cape Verde
L	3	Madagascar — Guinea-Bissau
L	3	Nigeria — Tanzania
L	4	Tanzania — Nigeria
L	4	Guinea-Bissau — Madagascar

Group	Matchday	Matches
A	5	Gabon — Morocco
A	5	Lesotho — Niger
A	6	Niger — Gabon
A	6	Morocco — Lesotho
B	5	Angola — Egypt
B	5	South Sudan — Malawi
B	6	Malawi — Angola
B	6	Egypt — South Sudan
C	5	Ghana — Ivory Coast
C	5	Somalia — Gambia
C	6	Gambia — Ghana
C	6	Ivory Coast — Somalia
D	5	Guinea — South Africa
D	5	Eritrea — Kenya
D	6	Kenya — Guinea
D	6	South Africa — Eritrea
E	5	Equatorial Guinea — DR Congo
E	5	Zimbabwe — Sierra Leone
E	6	Sierra Leone — Equatorial Guinea
E	6	DR Congo — Zimbabwe
F	5	Benin — Burkina Faso
F	5	Central African Republic — Mauritania
F	6	Mauritania — Benin
F	6	Burkina Faso — Central African Republic
G	5	Comoros — Cameroon
G	5	Congo — Namibia
G	6	Namibia — Comoros
G	6	Cameroon — Congo
H	5	Uganda — Tunisia
H	5	Botswana — Libya
H	6	Libya — Uganda
H	6	Tunisia — Botswana
I	5	Zambia — Algeria
I	5	Burundi — Togo
I	6	Togo — Zambia
I	6	Algeria — Burundi
J	5	Mozambique — Senegal
J	5	Ethiopia — Sudan
J	6	Sudan — Mozambique
J	6	Senegal — Ethiopia
K	5	Cape Verde — Mali
K	5	Liberia — Rwanda
K	6	Rwanda — Cape Verde
K	6	Mali — Liberia
L	5	Madagascar — Nigeria
L	5	Guinea-Bissau — Tanzania
L	6	Tanzania — Madagascar
L	6	Nigeria — Guinea-Bissau