The Confederation of African Football president Dr. Patrice Motsepe has confirmed the dates for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

The CAF EXCO met on Friday to discuss the dates for the AFCON, Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON).

The EXCO also discuss the decision to open bids to host the CAF Women’s Champions League 2024, CAF TotalEnergies U17 AFCON, CAF TotalEnergies U20 AFCON and the CAF Awards 2024.

The organisation have since confirmed that the AFCON dates have moved to 21 December 2025 and 18 January 2026, while also confirming the dates for the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

“I am confident that the CAF TotalEnergies AFCON Morocco 2025 will be extremely successful and will be the best AFCON in the history of this competition,” Motsepe said.

“I am also impressed by the enormous growth of Women’s Football in Africa and I am expecting the CAF TotalEnergies WAFCON Morocco 2024 to be immensely successful.

“The announcement of the dates of the CAF TotalEnergies AFCON Morocco 2025 took much longer than expected, as there were complex and at times challenging discussions with various interested parties, in the light of the extensive International and Domestic Match Calendars.

“CAF is committed to protecting and advancing the interests of African players, playing in football clubs in Europe and worldwide. CAF is also committed to building mutually beneficial relationships with the ECA, UEFA, other Football Confederations and FIFA. We will continue to make significant progress in developing and ensuring that African Football is globally competitive and amongst the best in the World.

“CAF is grateful to King Mohamed VI of Morocco, the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (“FRMF”), its President Fouzi Lekjaa, the Government and people of Morocco for hosting the CAF TotalEnergies AFCON Morocco 2025 and the CAF TotalEnergies WAFCON Morocco 2024.”

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