2027 Africa Cup of Nations Qualification
FIFA Region
CAF
Season
2027
Location
Africa
Abbreviation
AFNCUPQ
Summary
The 2027 CAF African Cup of Nations Qualifying (AFNCUPQ) runs from 25 March 2026 to 16 November 2026. 54 CAF member countries entered into this tournament. Tournament seeds were based on the 2025 FIFA World Rankings (19 December 2025).
This tournament applies the typical "WIN" = 3pts, "DRAW" = 1 pt to determine table positions. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head goal difference, (2) head-to-head goals scored, (3) head-to-head away goals scored, (4) in-group goal difference, (5) in-group goals scored, (6) in-group away goals scored, then (7) a drawing.
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Competition Structure
| Stage | # Teams | New Teams Entering This Round | Teams From Previous Round | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary Round | 12 | 12 CAF teams ranked 43 to 54 | 6 sets of Home/Away matches, highest aggregate goals advances to the Group Stage | |
| Group | 48 | 42 CAF teams ranked 1 to 42 | 6 winners from Preliminary Round | 12 groups of 4 with Home/Away matches against each team in group, the 1st and 2nd place team in each group advances to the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFNCUP) |
Group Stage
| Group A | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Morocco | 2 | 2 -0-0 | 6 | - | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Gabon | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| 3 | Niger | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| 4 | Lesotho | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | - | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
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| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Group B | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Egypt | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | - | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Angola | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Malawi | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| 4 | South Sudan | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | - | 1 | 7 | -6 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
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| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| 25.09.26 |  | 21 | South Sudan | Bingu National Stadium |
| 29.09.26 | | 05 | Egypt | Juba Stadium |
| 11.11.26 |  | South Sudan | Estádio 11 de Novembro |
| Angola | Juba Stadium |
| Malawi | Juba Stadium |
| 28.03.27 | | South Sudan |
| Group C | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2 | 2 -0-0 | 6 | - | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | The Gambia | 2 | 2 -0-0 | 6 | - | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Somalia | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | - | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| 4 | Ghana | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | - | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
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| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| 24.09.26 |  | 20 | Ghana | Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara |
| 25.09.26 |  | 21 | Somalia | Independence Stadium (Bakau) |
| 29.09.26 | | 24 | The Gambia | Accra Sports Stadium |
| 02 | Côte d'Ivoire | Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny |
| The Gambia | Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara |
| 15.11.26 | | Côte d'Ivoire | Addis Ababa National Stadium |
| 24.03.27 | | Côte d'Ivoire | Accra Sports Stadium |
| The Gambia | Mogadishu Stadium |
| 28.03.27 | | Ghana |
| Somalia | Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara |
| Group D | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | South Africa | 2 | 2 -0-0 | 6 | - | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Guinea | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| 3 | Kenya | 2 | 0 -1-1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 4 | Eritrea | 2 | 0 -1-1 | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
 | 21 | Guinea | Orlando Stadium |
| 30.09.26 |  | 05 | South Africa | Al Salam Stadium |
| Kenya | FNB Stadium (Soccer City) |
| South Africa | Moi International Sports Centre |
| South Africa | Stade du 28 Septembre |
| Eritrea | FNB Stadium (Soccer City) |
| Group E | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Congo DR | 2 | 2 -0-0 | 6 | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| 4 | Sierra Leone | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | - | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
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| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| 24.09.26 |  | 20 | Equatorial Guinea | Stade des Martyrs |
 | 23 | Zimbabwe | Stade Ben M'Hamed El Abdi |
| 28.09.26 | | 10 | Sierra Leone | Nuevo Estadio de Malabo |
| 11.11.26 | | Sierra Leone | Stade Saïd Mohamed Cheikh |
| Zimbabwe | Nuevo Estadio de Malabo |
| 15.11.26 | | Congo DR | Siaka Stevens National Stadium |
| Equatorial Guinea | National Sports Stadium (Harare) |
| 24.03.27 | | Congo DR | Nuevo Estadio de Malabo |
| Sierra Leone | National Sports Stadium (Harare) |
| Equatorial Guinea | Siaka Stevens National Stadium |
| Group F | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Benin | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Mauritania | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | - | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
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| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| 24.09.26 |  | 31 | Central African Republic | Stade Olympique (Montréal) |
| 25.09.26 |  | 11 | Benin | Stade du 4-Août |
| 28.09.26 | | 01 | Burkina Faso | Stade Barthélemy Boganda |
| 29.09.26 | | 21 | Mauritania | Stade de l'Amitié |
| 11.11.26 | | Central African Republic | Stade de l'Amitié |
| Mauritania | Stade du 4-Août |
| 15.11.26 | | Benin | Stade Barthélemy Boganda |
| Burkina Faso | Stade Olympique (Montréal) |
| 24.03.27 | | Burkina Faso | Stade de l'Amitié |
| Mauritania | Stade Barthélemy Boganda |
| 28.03.27 | | Central African Republic | Stade du 4-Août |
| Benin | Stade Olympique (Montréal) |
| Group G | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Cameroon | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Namibia | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 3 | Comoros | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| 4 | Congo | 2 | 0 -1-1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
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| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Group H | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Uganda | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Libya | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 2 | 0 -2-0 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 -2-0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 -0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Botswana | 2 | 0 -1-1 | 1 | - | 4 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 -0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 -1-1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 |
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| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Group I | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Algeria | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | - | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Zambia | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| 3 | Togo | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| 4 | Burundi | 2 | 0 -1-1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
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| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Group J | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Mozambique | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | - | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 -0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Senegal | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 -0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Sudan | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
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| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
 | 11 | Senegal | Estádio do Zimpeto |
| 41 | Sudan | Estádio do Zimpeto |
| 11.11.26 | | Ethiopia | Estádio do Zimpeto |
| 15.11.26 | | Mozambique | Addis Ababa National Stadium |
| Senegal | Stade Kianja Barea Mahamasina |
| Mozambique | Khartoum Stadium |
| Group K | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Rwanda | 2 | 2 -0-0 | 6 | - | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Mali | 2 | 2 -0-0 | 6 | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Cape Verde Islands | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | - | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| 4 | Liberia | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | - | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
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| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
 | 31 | Cape Verde Islands | Stade du 26 Mars |
| 29.09.26 | | 12 | Rwanda | Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde |
| 11.11.26 | | Liberia | Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde |
| 15.11.26 | | Cape Verde Islands | Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex |
| 24.03.27 | | Mali | Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde |
| Cape Verde Islands | Stade Amahoro |
| Group L | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 2 -0-0 | 6 | - | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 |
| 3 | Madagascar | 2 | 0 -1-1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| 4 | Tanzania | 2 | 0 -1-1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| 25.09.26 |  | 02 | Guinea-Bissau | Amaan Stadium (Zanzibar City) |
 | 21 | Madagascar | Godswill Akpabio International Stadium |
| 29.09.26 | | 11 | Tanzania | Stade d'Honneur (Mèknes) |
| 30 | Nigeria | Estádio Nacional 24 de Setembro |
| 11.11.26 | | Guinea-Bissau | Stade Kianja Barea Mahamasina |
| 15.11.26 | | Madagascar | Estádio Nacional 24 de Setembro |
| 24.03.27 | | Tanzania | Estádio Nacional 24 de Setembro |
| Nigeria | Stade Kianja Barea Mahamasina |
| 28.03.27 | | Guinea-Bissau | Stade Général Seyni Kountché |
| Madagascar | Khartoum Stadium |
Preliminary Round
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | Eritrea | 41 | Eswatini |
| Aggregate | Djibouti | 14 | South Sudan |
| 26.03.26 |  | 04 | South Sudan | Juba Stadium |
| 29.03.26 | | 01 | Djibouti | Juba Stadium |
| Aggregate | Seychelles | 12 | Lesotho |
| 26.03.26 |  | 00 | Lesotho | Toyota Stadium (Bloemfontein) |
| 29.03.26 | | 21 | Seychelles | Toyota Stadium (Bloemfontein) |
| Aggregate | Somalia | 00 | Mauritius |
| Aggregate | Chad | 08 | Burundi |
| Aggregate | São Tomé e Principe | 04 | Ethiopia |
| 27.03.26 |  | 03 | Ethiopia | Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi |
| 31.03.26 | | 10 | São Tomé e Principe | Dire Dawa Stadium |