Where to Watch the Africa Cup of Nations in United States

Kick-off is on June 19, 2027, and the final is on July 17, with Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania sharing hosting duties. This is the tournament's first visit to the CECAFA region since Ethiopia staged it in 1976. Twenty-four nations take part, and the qualifying campaign that decides most of them finishes in March 2027.

SuperSport. It has the qualifiers and the 2027 finals across English-speaking Africa, on DStv satellite and on DStv Stream if you prefer to watch online. The same coverage reaches Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and most of southern and eastern Africa, while Portuguese commentary serves viewers in Angola and Mozambique.

Yes, for some qualifiers. National broadcasters show their own team's games free in South Africa (SABC Sport), Egypt (ON Time Sports), Morocco (Arryadia), Cameroon (CRTV) and Tanzania (Azam TV). Free coverage of the 2027 finals has not been confirmed in our data yet, so plan on the pay channels for the tournament itself.

Tune in to beIN SPORTS, which carries selected qualifiers, or stream the channel on Fubo if you have cut the cable. beIN SPORTS CONNECT offers the games with Arabic commentary. Rights to the finals themselves are not in our US listings yet, and this page will show them once a deal appears.

In France, beIN Sports carries the qualifiers as CAF's long-term partner there. In West and Central Africa, Canal+ Afrique has the qualifiers with French commentary, and SuperSport adds the 2027 finals in countries such as Senegal, Ivory Coast, Mali and DR Congo. Cameroonians also get their national team's qualifiers free on CRTV.

In Germany, yes: DAZN streams selected qualifiers and is reported to have bought the 2027 finals, with Austria and Switzerland included in those reports. Swiss viewers currently see the qualifiers on beIN. Elsewhere in Europe our listings point to other channels: Spain's Movistar Plus+, Portugal's Sport TV and the Netherlands' Ziggo Sport show selected qualifiers.

All matches are played on East Africa Time (UTC+3). That is one hour ahead of South Africa and Central Europe in summer, two hours ahead of Lagos and London, three ahead of Accra and Dakar, and seven ahead of New York. So an 8pm game in Nairobi is a 6pm start in Lagos and 5pm in Accra.

Download the streaming app that matches your country's broadcaster: DStv Stream across most of Africa, TOD in North Africa and the Middle East, Fubo in the US or DAZN in Germany. Sign in with your existing subscription before the tournament starts, and switch to a lower video quality on mobile data so a long knockout night does not drain your bundle.

Usually, yes. Streaming apps check where you are, so TOD or DAZN may refuse to play once you leave their region. Pointing a VPN at your home country makes the app see your usual location, and the subscription carries on as normal. That is handy for Egyptian and Moroccan fans who fly to Kenya, Uganda or Tanzania with a TOD account.

Six groups of four make up the first round. Each group's top two go through, joined by the four strongest third-placed teams, to form a 16-team bracket. Every tie after that is a single match, settled by extra time and penalties if level, right up to the final in July.