Lagos will host the 2026 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards on December 2, bringing together the continent’s leading players, coaches, clubs and national teams to celebrate outstanding achievements in African football. The awards was intitally scheduled for Decemver 7.

The ceremony, scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. local time (8:00 p.m. Cairo time and 6:00 p.m. GMT), will take place at the iconic Professor Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Arts, formerly known as the National Theatre, in Lagos.

The CAF Awards will return to Nigeria’s commercial capital for the first time since the 2014 edition, with the city set to provide a platform for a celebration combining football excellence with Africa’s rich cultural heritage, music and entertainment.

The 2026 edition will recognise achievements across 18 categories, with the CAF Men’s Player of the Year and CAF Women’s Player of the Year awards among the major honours of the evening.

Other categories will celebrate the contributions of coaches, goalkeepers, emerging talents, clubs and national teams whose performances have inspired football supporters across Africa and beyond.

Voting for the 2026 CAF Awards is currently underway and will run from November 5 to 20 across the men’s and women’s categories.

CAF Member Associations and clubs are participating in the process, while eligible coaches and captains have also been encouraged to cast their votes in recognition of the outstanding performers of the year.

The voting process is designed to ensure broad representation across African football, fairness and transparency in selecting the winners, with independent monitoring put in place to safeguard the integrity of the results.