2025 AFCON: CAF Announce New Dates For Tournament

Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe said on Friday that the next Africa Cup of Nations will be played in Morocco from December 21 2025 to January 18 2026.

"I am confident that the CAF Afcon Morocco 2025 will be extremely successful and the best Afcon in the history of this competition," he said.

CAF held a virtual executive committee at their headquarters in Cairo on Friday evening after which Motsepe made the announcement.

Originally scheduled for June and July 2025, the AFCON was moved to avoid a clash with the inaugural Club World Cup in the United States from June 15 to July 13 next year.

An added challenge for CAF officials was the desire to avoid a clash of dates with the UEFA Champions League in Europe.

Matchday six of the elite European club competition ends on December 11, 2025 and matchday seven begins on January 21 2026.