The Super Eagles will begin their campaign to qualify for the 2027 African Nations Cup, AFCON in September following the dates officially released yesterday by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
CAF announced that the qualifying campaign will be conducted later in 2026, with some teams set to feature in a preliminary round scheduled for March and with the Super Eagles ranked third in Africa at the moment will be among the teams that will be exempted from participating at this stage.
According to CAF, “teams exempted from the preliminary phase, including the Leopards ( of the DR Congo), will enter the competition directly at the group stage.
CAF stated that Matchdays 1and 2 will hold from September 21-30, 2026, Matchdays 3 and 4 hold from October 1-6, 2026 while Matchdays 5 and 6 will hold between November 9-7, 2026.
