Africa Cup of Nations table 2027

The Afcon standings are the group tables of the Africa Cup of Nations. The top two in each of the six groups go through to the round of 16, joined by the four best third placed teams. Each row shows how many matches a team has played, won, drawn and lost, the goals it has scored and conceded, and its points, refreshed after each match. South African readers will know it as the Afcon table or log, and the soccer on the pitch is the same whichever word you use. Think of it as the scoreboard you check on your phone, with every row explained below.

The finished Afcon 2025 table covers the edition played in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026, with 24 teams at 9 stadiums in 6 cities. Senegal won the final 1-0 after extra time on the pitch, and Morocco are listed as 2025 champions by the CAF Appeal Board decision of 17 March 2026. Senegal appealed the decision after 17 March 2026, and the results module holds the current status. The 2027 edition is hosted by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, and the Afcon hub holds the wider story of both tournaments.

What Does Each Position on the Afcon Table Mean?

Every row in an Afcon group table tells you whether a team is already through or still has work to do. Since 2019 the finals have carried 24 teams in six groups of four, which gives 12 places to the winners and runners up and four more to the strongest third placed sides. But a team third in its group is not out, and that is the row worth a second look in the Africa Cup of Nations standings. Fourth place ends the tournament, and that thin margin gives the final round of group matches its edge.

How Are Afcon Standings Decided When Teams Are Level?

When teams finish level on points, the group table applies tiebreakers to separate them. The best third placed ranking works differently, since those teams come from different groups and never met each other, so their records are compared across all six groups. The Afcon table module shows the final order once every step has been applied.

How Often Does the Afcon Table Update, and Where Are the Other Tables?

The Afcon group table updates after each final whistle, so a late goal can lift a team from the best third race into a qualifying place within minutes. Three tournaments in the table below carry the Afcon name, two men's finals and one women's tournament, and it helps to know which one you are reading. The finals table covers the tournament itself. The Women's Africa Cup of Nations standings sit separately, following a tournament played with 12 teams in 2024.

What Time Do Afcon Matches Kick Off in WAT, SAST, EAT and GMT?

Every kick-off in the Afcon fixtures list is shown in WAT, SAST, EAT and GMT side by side, so nobody in Lagos, Johannesburg, Nairobi or Accra has to do sums before the match starts. That matters more for 2027, because matches in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are played on EAT, so an EAT evening kick-off reads two hours earlier on a WAT clock and one hour earlier on a SAST clock. So if you watch on your phone, read the zone column for your own city rather than the stadium clock.

How Do You Read Goal Difference and What a Team Needs to Qualify?

Goal difference is goals scored minus goals conceded, and in a group of only three matches one heavy result can carry a team through or hold it back. To work out what a side needs, read its points against the third place line as well as the top of the group, because the best third places are ranked across all six groups. A team can need a result elsewhere as much as its own. The Afcon results list records every group score and, once the groups close, the knockout path from the round of 16 to the final.

Where Do Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda Fit in the Afcon Standings?

Nigeria, champions in 1980, 1994 and 2013, finished third at the 2025 finals. South Africa won on home soil in 1996, and Uganda were runners up in 1978. Ghana, champions in 1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982, play on GMT, so supporters in Accra can read the GMT column on the fixtures list as their local time.

Kenya and Uganda were named co hosts with Tanzania on 27 September 2023, so the three host nations are the East African teams to follow in 2027. The women's tables carry a Nigerian accent, since Nigeria had won the Women's Africa Cup of Nations 10 times by 2025, including a 3-2 win over hosts Morocco in the 2024 final. South Africa took the 2022 title against the same hosts. The Afcon stats list tracks the scorers, and Brahim Díaz of Morocco led the 2025 edition with 5 goals.