Africa Cup of Nations fixtures 2027

AFCON fixtures for AFCON 2027 run from 19 June to 17 July 2027, with Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda sharing the hosting for the first time. The 2025 edition in Morocco ran from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026. The fixture module shows every qualifier and finals game with its date, venue and kick off in EAT, WAT, GMT and SAST side by side.

That one row matters, because a supporter in Lagos, Accra, Johannesburg (where plenty of people still call it soccer) or Nairobi should not need a calculator to know when to sit down. Below the fixtures you will find how the tournament works, where to watch it in your country and what each result means, with the full story kept on the Afcon hub.

How Do You Find Today's AFCON Games and the Week Ahead?

The today block at the top answers 'AFCON matches today' first, and the week ahead sits straight under it. Each game carries a status label (upcoming, live or full time), so you can tell at a glance whether to turn on the radio or check the score. Each team's fixtures, including those of the Super Eagles, Bafana Bafana, the Black Stars, the Harambee Stars and the Uganda Cranes, can be filtered from the module. The label lets a group around one phone see the live game straight away, without scrolling past finished games to find it.

How Do Africa Cup of Nations Fixtures Work, and Why Do Dates Change?

The 2025 finals had 24 teams. The tournament grew from 16 to 24 teams in 2019, which is why there are far more AFCON games in a group stage now than when Egypt won the first edition in Sudan in 1957. Before the finals come the qualifiers, played in international windows, and those Cup of Nations fixtures can move when a window shifts or a venue changes. So treat every date in the list as the latest confirmed one, because the module updates the moment it changes.

Where Can You Watch AFCON Live in Your Country?

Where to watch AFCON is held as data for each of the five countries, listing free to air and pay TV channels alongside the official stream with rights in that market. Each entry is checked against the rights holders' own announcements before every tournament and qualifying window, then checked again if anything changes, so the list is neutral and dated rather than a recommendation. Radio listings are included for readers who follow matches by commentary, as well as those who watch on television and phones.

For readers asking where to watch AFCON in Kenya, the Kenya entry follows the same route as the other four countries. Kenya qualified automatically as a joint host, a status that dates from 27 September 2023. In 2027 the host cities share EAT, which is three hours ahead of GMT, two ahead of WAT and one ahead of SAST, so a 20:00 kick off in Nairobi is 19:00 in Johannesburg, 18:00 in Lagos and 17:00 in Accra.

What Do the Group Table and the Best Third Placed Race Mean?

The group table, or log if you are in South Africa, ranks each group by points, with three for a win and one for a draw. The Afcon table also tracks the race between the third placed teams, where the margin can be a single goal. The same module shows every qualifying group, so you can read where your own side stands at any moment. Ghana won its third title in 1978, and the Black Stars' qualifying group is the table to follow for their road to 2027.

How Do You Add AFCON Fixtures to Your Calendar and Find Postponed Games?

Every row can be added to your phone calendar, and the time saves in your own zone, which spares a reader in Kampala the arithmetic. When a game is postponed or moved, the old date stays visible beside the new one, and a match without a confirmed date sits under 'to be confirmed' rather than disappearing. Finished games move to Afcon results, where each score sits beside what it meant for qualification and who won the previous meetings between the two sides. That context is what a bare score cannot give you.

Which African Players and Rivalries Should You Watch?

Start with the players who carried the last finals, then look for the ones on your own side who could do the same in 2027. Brahim Díaz of Morocco was top scorer at AFCON 2025 with 5 goals, and Morocco and Senegal contested the final, with Nigeria third and Egypt fourth. Egypt still holds the record with seven titles, including three in a row in 2006, 2008 and 2010. Uganda reached the 1978 final and lost 2 to 0 to Ghana, which won its third title that day, so any Cranes and Black Stars meeting carries history. The Afcon stats page keeps the scorers for every edition.