AFCON 2025-26 Fixtures, Schedule, Results, Today Matches, Highlights

Afcon 2025-26 Fixtures, Results dates, schedule, scores, format, teams, venues and kick-off times, 

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will be held in Morocco from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026. Ivory Coast enter as the reigning champions, following their remarkable comeback victory over Nigeria in February 2024. The previous edition, AFCON 2023, had been postponed due to weather-related concerns.

Africa Cup of Nations groups?

Group A: Comoros, Mali, Morocco, Zambia

Group B: Angola, Egypt, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Group C: Nigeria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda

Group D: Benin, Botswana, DR Congo, Senegal

Group E: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, Sudan

Group F: Cameroon, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Mozambique

Afcon 2025-26 schedule and kick-off times

After the opening match, at least two games will be played each day during a group stage that runs until 24 January.

Games are being held at 14:00, 17:00 and 20:00 (all times GMT) during the group stages, with the two latter kick-off times being used in the final round of group games and the knockout stages, which begin on Saturday, 27 January.

The top two teams in each group and the four best-ranked third-placed teams will advance to the last 16, with quarter-finals, semi-finals, a match for third place and the final to follow.

Afcon 2025-26 venues: Where is it being played?

Where is the Tournament and When Does it Start

Originally, Guinea was set to host the 2025 edition. However, in September 2022, CAF President Patrice Motsepe confirmed the country would lose hosting rights due to inadequate infrastructure and readiness.
Morocco was subsequently awarded the tournament on September 27, 2023, marking its second time as host — the first being in 1988.

Initially planned for the summer to reduce club season conflicts, the competition was pushed to winter due to the expanded FIFA Club World Cup.

The tournament will now take place between Sunday, December 21, 2025, and Sunday, January 18, 2026 — the first-ever AFCON held over the Christmas and New Year period.

Which Stadiums Will Be Used?

Six host cities and nine stadiums have been selected for the 2025 edition:

• Adrar Stadium, Agadir – Capacity: 45,480

• Mohammed V Stadium, Casablanca – Capacity: 45,000

• Fez Stadium, Fez – Capacity: 45,000

• Marrakesh Stadium, Marrakesh – Capacity: 45,240

• Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat – Capacity: 68,700

• Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat – Capacity: 22,000

• Prince Moulay Abdellah Olympic Annex Stadium, Rabat – Capacity: 21,000

• Al Barid Stadium, Rabat – Capacity: 18,000

• Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier – Capacity: 75,000

Africa Cup of Nations 2025-26 match schedule, Results, full list of fixtures.

Group Stage Schedule

All kick-off times are in GMT.

Sunday, December 21

Group A: Morocco 2-0 Comoros, 

Monday, December 22

Group A: Mali 1-1 Zambia

Group B: Egypt 2-0 Zimbabwe,

Group B: South Africa 2-1 Angola,

Tuesday, December 23 

 D.R. Congo 1 - 0 Benin

 Senegal 3 - 0 Botswana

Nigeria 2 - 1 Tanzania

Tunisia 3 - 1  Uganda

Wednesday, December 24


Algeria  3-0  Sudan

Burkina Faso  2 - 1  Equatorial Guinea

Ivory Coast 1 - 0  Mozambique,

Cameroon 1 - 0  Gabon

Friday, December 26


Morocco 1 - 1 Mali

Zambia 1 - 0  Comoros

Egypt  1 - 0  South Africa

Angola 1 - 1 Zimbabwe

Saturday, December 27

Benin 1-0 Botswana

Senegal 1-1 DR Congo

Uganda 1-1 Tanzania

Nigeria 3-2 Tunisia

Sunday, December 28

Equatorial Guinea 0 - 1 Sudan

Algeria 1 - 0 Burkina Faso

Gabon 2 - 3 Mozambique (Historic first-ever AFCON win for Mozambique)

Côte d'Ivoire 1 - 1 Cameroon

Monday, December 29

Comoros 0 - 0 Mali 

Zambia 0 - 3 Morocco, 

Angola  0 - 0 Egypt, 

Zimbabwe 2 - 3 South Africa,

Tuesday, December 30


Tanzania 1 - 1 Tunisia, 

Uganda 1 -3 Nigeria, 

Benin 0 - 3 Senegal, 

Botswana 0 - 3 DR Congo, 

Wednesday, December 31

Equatorial Guinea 1 -3  Algeria, 

Sudan 0 - 2 Burkina Faso, 

Gabon 2 - 3 Ivory Coast, 

Mozambique 1 - 2 Cameroon, 

Africa Cup of Nations second round fixtures

Round of 16

Saturday, 3 January 2026

Senegal 3 - 1 Sudan 


Sunday, 4 January 2026

Mali 3 - 2 Tunisia 


Morocco 1 - 0 Tanzania 


Monday, 5 January 2026

South Africa 1 - 3 Cameroon

Egypt 3 - 1 Benin


Tuesday, 6 January 2026

Nigeria 4 - 0  Mozambique


Tuesday, 6 January 2026

Algeria 1 - 0 DR Congo


Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Ivory Coast 3 -0 Burkina Faso

Quarter-finals

Friday, 9 January 2026

(All times Eastern)

Senegal 1, Mali 0

Morocco 2,   Cameroon 0, 

Saturday 10,  January 2026

 Nigeria 2٫  Algeria 0٫ 

Egypt 3٫  Ivory Coast 2٫

Semi-finals

Wednesday, 14 January 2026

Senegal 1, Egypt 0,

Thursday, 15 January 2026

Morocco 0 (4-2)  0 Nigeria

Third Place Play-off

17 January 2026

 0 (2- 4) 0 Nigeria 
Final

19 January 2026

Senegal 1, Morocco 0, 

(Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat)

When is the Africa Cup of Nation Final in 2025

Final: Sunday, January 18, 2026 – Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

AFCON Prize Money: How much africa cup of nations winners will the prize share?

The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025) prize money structure is as follows:

• Winners: US $7,000,000

• Runners-up: US $4,000,000

• Semi-finalists (losing teams): US $2,500,000 each

• Quarter-finalists: US $1,300,000 each

• Round of 16 teams: US $800,000 each

• Third-place teams in groups: US $700,000 each

• Fourth-place teams in groups: US $500,000 each

Total prize pool: US $32,000,000 distributed among the 24 participating teams.

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