The next Africa Cup of Nations is set to take place from December 2025 to January 2026 following a decision made by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Executive Committee.
It will be the first time in the tournament’s history to run over the Christmas and New Year period. The first edition to take place in Morocco since 1988 will be held from December 21 to January 18.
The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations is also due to be held in Morocco from July 5 to 26 next year.
“I am confident that the CAF TotalEnergies AFCON Morocco 2025 will be extremely successful and will be the best AFCON in the history of this competition,” said CAF president Patrice Motsepe.
“I am also impressed by the enormous growth of Women’s Football in Africa and I am expecting the CAF TotalEnergies WAFCON Morocco 2024 to be immensely successful. The announcement of the dates of the CAF TotalEnergies AFCON Morocco 2025 took much longer than expected, as there were complex and at times challenging discussions with various interested parties, in the light of the extensive international and domestic match calendars. CAF is committed to protecting and advancing the interests of African players, playing in football clubs in Europe and worldwide. CAF is also committed to building mutually beneficial relationships with the ECA, UEFA, other Football Confederations and FIFA.
“We will continue to make significant progress in developing and ensuring that African Football is globally competitive and amongst the best in the world.”
The CAF Executive Committee also decided to host its 46th Ordinary General Assembly in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa on October 10 this year.
Furthermore, the governing body has opened the bidding process for the 2024 Women’s Champions League, Under-17 and Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations competitions, and the 2024 CAF Awards.
