The 2026 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards will take place in Lagos, Nigeria, on 2 December after the ceremony was rescheduled.
Proceedings will start at 19:00 local time, equivalent to 18:00 GMT and 20:00 Cairo time. The event will bring together leading African footballers, coaches, clubs and other figures from the game to celebrate achievements from the past year.
The ceremony will be held at the Professor Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Arts, widely known as the National Theatre, in Lagos.
It will be the first time the CAF Awards have been hosted in Nigeria since the 2014 edition.
18 award categories
The CAF Awards 2026 will recognise achievement in 18 categories. The Men’s Player of the Year and Women’s Player of the Year prizes are expected to be among the main awards presented during the ceremony.
Other honours will recognise the leading coaches and goalkeepers, as well as emerging talents, clubs and national teams that have made significant contributions to African football.
Voting for the awards is under way and will continue from 5 to 20 November across the men’s and women’s categories.
CAF Member Associations and clubs are taking part in the process. Eligible coaches and national team captains have also been invited to vote.
CAF says safeguards have been introduced to support fairness, transparency and broad representation in the selection process. Independent monitoring will be used to protect the integrity of the results.
