When and where is next AFCON? Year, key dates, host cities, stadiums for Africa Cup of Nations 2025 in Morocco

The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations was widely seen as one of the most engaging and exciting iterations of the tournament in recent years.

The month-long spectacle in the Ivory Coast concluded on February 10, 2024, when the hosts faced Nigeria in the final in Abidjan. After falling a goal behind, the Elephants came back to win the match 2-1 and lift the the trophy, with striker Sebastien Haller — who took time out of football following a cancer diagnosis in 2022 — scoring the decisive goal.

Attention now turns to the next AFCON. Given its position as a major international tournament that can sometimes prove disruptive to the biggest teams and competitions in European football, the planning and logistics around the event are key.

Here, The Sporting News details everything you need to know about the next Africa Cup of Nations, including the all-important dates of the tournament, the host cities, and the stadiums that will stage the games.

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The next Africa Cup of Nations is in 2025 and will take place in Morocco.

It will be the second time the north African nation has staged the finals. They first hosted the AFCON in 1988 and were scheduled to do so again in 2015, but the tournament had to be relocated to Equatorial Guinea due to the Ebola virus outbreak.

Unlike the previous AFCON tournament, the 2025 finals is expected to be held in June and July, the northern hemisphere's summer months. The 2023 event was moved to early 2024 to avoid the rainy season in the Ivory Coast, but a June-July scheduling is usually preferable as it does not cause scheduling problems with the major club competitions in Europe. However, the 2025 dates are yet to be confirmed and there are some doubts about a June-July