{"id":57961,"date":"2026-05-03T02:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T02:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=57961"},"modified":"2026-05-03T02:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T02:12:07","slug":"confirmed-warriors-discover-dates-for-afcon-2027-qualifying-games-as-draw-details-are-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/05\/03\/confirmed-warriors-discover-dates-for-afcon-2027-qualifying-games-as-draw-details-are-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed: Warriors discover dates for AFCON 2027 qualifying games as draw details are announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s senior men\u2019s national team, the Warriors, now have a clearer picture of their road to the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) officially confirmed key dates for the qualifiers and draw.<\/p>\n<p>The draw for the AFCON 2027 qualifiers will take place on 19 May 2026, setting the stage for Zimbabwe and 47 other nations to learn their opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The qualifiers will be played across FIFA international windows later this year, with the group-stage matches scheduled in three blocks between September and October 2026. These fixtures will determine which teams secure places at the finals, where 24 nations will compete.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors will be among the teams entering directly into the group phase following the completion of the preliminary round earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 48 teams, including co-hosts Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, will take part in the qualifiers, although the three host nations are already guaranteed places at the finals.<\/p>\n<p>The 48 teams will be drawn into 12 groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group will qualify for the Final Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will run from 19 June to 17 July 2027, marking the first time in history that the competition will be jointly hosted by three countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualifiers dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matchdays 1 and 2: 21 September to 6 October 2026<br \/>\nMatchdays 3 and 4: 9 to 17 November 2026<br \/>\nMatchdays 5 and 6: 22 to 30 March 2027<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The post Confirmed: Warriors discover dates for AFCON 2027 qualifying games as draw details are announced appeared first on Soccer24.<\/p>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Confirmed #Warriors #discover #dates #AFCON #qualifying #games #draw #details #announced<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s senior men\u2019s national team, the Warriors, now have a clearer picture of their road to the 2027 Africa Cup&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[942,262,4371,2551,576,2541,2560,1551,6314,265],"class_list":["post-57961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-example-3","tag-afcon","tag-announced","tag-confirmed","tag-dates","tag-details","tag-discover","tag-draw","tag-games","tag-qualifying","tag-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57962,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57961\/revisions\/57962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}