SuperSport Secures Broadcasting Rights for AFCON PAMOJA 2027 Match and Qualifiers

David GOMBE

The highway to Africa’s subsequent footballing showpiece has begun, with CANAL+ and the Confédération Africaine de Soccer (CAF) saying an settlement that secures the rights for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027 Qualifiers and the event itself on SuperSport, bringing one of many continent’s greatest sporting occasions to audiences throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

The announcement comes because the qualifying marketing campaign will get underway, with 48 nations drawn into 12 teams of 4 and competing throughout six match days for locations on the 24-team finals. Match days 1 and a couple of run by means of to six October, with the remaining qualifiers going down in November 2026 and March 2027.

Chief Govt of CANAL+ Africa, David Mignot, mentioned the settlement represents an vital second for African soccer audiences.

“We’re thrilled to carry the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027 Qualifiers and the event itself to SuperSport, giving soccer followers throughout the continent the chance to comply with their nationwide groups from the opening levels of qualification by means of to the largest moments of the finals,” mentioned Mignot.

“African soccer has an unbelievable capability to unite audiences throughout borders, languages and cultures. AFCON represents that spirit at its best, bringing collectively the continent’s greatest soccer nations, its most fun gamers and among the most passionate supporters on the planet.

“What makes this settlement notably thrilling is the journey. It begins now, with the qualifiers, and builds in the direction of an historic AFCON in East Africa subsequent 12 months. Followers will be capable to comply with that story unfold on SuperSport, from the battles for qualification to the drama of the finals.

“For us, that is about far more than broadcasting matches. It’s about bringing African soccer nearer to African audiences and guaranteeing that followers can expertise the tales, rivalries, nationwide delight, and unforgettable moments that make the sport so particular. SuperSport stays Your World of Champions, and we sit up for delivering an distinctive soccer expertise to our viewers.”

The vacation spot is already set, with Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda collectively internet hosting AFCON PAMOJA 2027 from 19 June to 17 July 2027. The 24-team event will mark the primary time three nations have collectively hosted AFCON and its return to East Africa for the primary time since Ethiopia staged the competitors in 1976.

However followers would not have to attend till subsequent June for the motion. This week sees a number of headline qualifying fixtures, together with Uganda vs Libya, Lesotho vs Morocco, Gabon vs Niger, South Sudan vs Egypt, Angola vs Malawi, Ghana vs Gambia, Somali vs Cote d’Ívoire, all occurring on Tuesday twenty ninth September.

The marketing campaign options lots of Africa’s greatest stars, together with Mohamed Salah, Omar Marmoush, Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman, Franck Kessié and Serhou Guirassy, whereas South African followers can be following Ronwen Williams, Teboho Mokoena, Themba Zwane, Relebohile Mofokeng and Oswin Appollis. Kenya can be led by captain Michael Olunga.

The settlement additionally extends CANAL+’s attain in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa, the place the qualifiers can be broadcast in French throughout greater than 20 international locations, whereas AFCON PAMOJA 2027 can be accessible to audiences throughout the continent from entry-level packages, creating better alternatives for followers to comply with their nationwide groups and expertise the competitors.

For SuperSport, securing each the qualifying marketing campaign and AFCON PAMOJA 2027 finals additional strengthens its place as a number one vacation spot for African soccer, giving audiences entry to the journey from qualification by means of to the continental showpiece.

For CANAL+, the settlement reinforces its rising sports activities ecosystem throughout Africa and its dedication to bringing premium African and worldwide sporting properties nearer to audiences throughout the continent.

With the primary fixtures already underway, the highway to TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027 has begun and SuperSport will carry followers nearer to the motion, the rivalries and the nationwide groups on the coronary heart of the journey.

The TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027 Qualifiers are dwell on SuperSport throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, with the AFCON PAMOJA 2027 event coming dwell to SuperSport from 19 June to 17 July 2027