The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has rescheduled the 2026 CAF Awards ceremony to Wednesday, December 2, in Lagos State.
The ceremony was initially scheduled for Monday, December 7, but the continental football governing body announced the new date on Tuesday.
The event will hold at the Professor Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Arts, formerly known as the National Theatre, in Lagos.
Proceedings are expected to begin at 7pm Nigerian time.
The 2026 edition will feature awards across 18 categories, including the Men’s and Women’s Player of the Year, Best Coach, Best Goalkeeper, Best Young Player, Best Club and Best National Team.
The ceremony will mark the return of the CAF Awards to Lagos for the first time since 2014.
Voting for this year’s awards began on November 5 and will close on November 20.
CAF Member Associations and clubs are participating in the voting process, alongside eligible national team coaches and captains.
The governing body said the process was designed to ensure fairness and transparency, with independent monitoring to protect the integrity of the results.
The 2025 edition of the awards was held in Rabat, Morocco, where Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi won the Men’s Player of the Year award, while Morocco’s Ghizlane Chebbak claimed the women’s prize.
