CAF AWARDS 2026: LAGOS GALA MOVED TO DECEMBER 2 AS CAF ANNOUNCES NEW DATE!

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has rescheduled the 2026 CAF Awards ceremony to December 2 in Lagos, moving the event forward by five days from its initial December 7 date.

The prestigious ceremony will take place at the Professor Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Arts, formerly the National Theatre, beginning at 7pm Nigerian time. It marks the return of the awards to Lagos for the first time since 2014.

The 2026 edition will recognise outstanding achievements across 18 categories, including the Men’s and Women’s Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year and emerging talent awards. Voting is currently ongoing and will close on November 20.

Nigeria, however, will have no representative in the Men’s or Women’s Player of the Year categories, while the Super Eagles and Super Falcons have also missed out on several other nominations. The last Lagos edition in 2014 saw Yaya Toure and Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala emerge as the top men’s and women’s players.