13/01/2026
The AFCON 2027 journey begins tomorrow with 12 lowest-ranked teams in the FIFA rankings will battle for 6 places in the group stage, where 42 nations are already waiting.
Pot 1:
Lesotho, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eswatini, South Sudan, Mauritius
Pot 2:
Chad, SΓ£o TomΓ© & PrΓncipe, Djibouti, Somalia, Seychelles, Eritrea
Liberia officially among the 42 nations that automatically qualify to the Group Stage following a good position/standing in FIFA ranking.
Kenya π°πͺ, Uganda πΊπ¬ and Tanzania πΉπΏ will host the AFCON 2027