The Confederation of African Football (CAF) said the next edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will be played in Morocco from December 21, 2025, to January 18 2026.
CAF president, Patrice Motsepe, disclosed this after the CAF virtual executive committee at their headquarters in Cairo, Egypt on Friday, June 21.
The AFCON 2025 in Morocco was originally scheduled to hold from June and July 2025, The Punch reports.
It was, however, moved to avoid a clash with the inaugural Club World Cup in the United States from June 15 to July 13 next year.
Motsepe said:
“I am confident that the CAF AFCON Morocco 2025 will be extremely successful and the best AFCON in the history of this competition.”
According to the Guardian, another challenge was the desire to avoid a clash of dates with the UEFA Champions League in Europe.
Match day six of the elite European club competition ends on December 11 2025 and match day seven begins on January 21 2026.
The 2025 AFCON qualifying draw is scheduled for Johannesburg on July 4 with 48 hopefuls to be divided into 12 groups.
Morocco will take part to gain competitive match practice but are guaranteed a place at the 24-team finals as hosts.
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