2027 Africa Cup of Nations Preliminary Round draw will be conducted on Tuesday, 13 January 2026 at 14h00.
The draw will be live on CAF TV and begin the journey to the next continental finals, which will be co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Total of 12 teams will take part in the Preliminary Round, which contains the lower placed sides in the latest FIFA World Rankings, while the remaining 42 nations have qualified directly for the group stage of the qualifiers.
The 12 teams, in ranking order, are Lesotho, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eswatini, South Sudan, Mauritius, Chad, São Tomé and Príncipe, Djibouti, Somalia, Seychelles and Eritrea.
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