The 2026 Confederation of African Football Awards have been rescheduled to Wednesday, December 2, in Lagos, Nigeria, from the previously announced date of December 7. CAF confirmed the change in a statement on Tuesday, saying the ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. local time. The event will bring together some of Africa’s finest footballers, coaches […]
The 2026 Confederation of African Football Awards have been rescheduled to Wednesday, December 2, in Lagos, Nigeria, from the previously announced date of December 7.
CAF confirmed the change in a statement on Tuesday, saying the ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. local time.
The event will bring together some of Africa’s finest footballers, coaches and teams to celebrate outstanding achievements in the continent’s football calendar.
The awards will return to Lagos for the first time since the 2014 edition. This year’s ceremony will hold at the Professor Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Arts, popularly known as the National Theatre.
A total of 18 categories will be recognised, with the CAF Men’s Player of the Year and CAF Women’s Player of the Year awards among the major highlights. Other categories will honour outstanding coaches, goalkeepers, emerging talents, clubs and national teams.
Voting for the 2026 awards began on November 5 and will close on November 20 across the men’s and women’s categories.
CAF Member Associations and clubs, as well as eligible coaches and team captains, are participating in the voting process, which the governing body says is designed to ensure broad representation, fairness and transparency.
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