The ceremony will be held at the Professor Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Arts, formerly known as the National Theatre, and will begin at 7:00 p.m. local time.
CAF announced the revised date on Tuesday, moving the ceremony forward by five days from its previously scheduled December 7 date. The governing body did not provide an official explanation for the adjustment.
The event marks the return of the prestigious awards to Lagos for the first time since the 2014 edition, placing Nigeria's commercial capital at the centre of African football celebrations.
This year's ceremony will recognise achievements across 18 categories, with the CAF Men's Player of the Year and Women's Player of the Year awards among the most anticipated honours. Other categories recognise outstanding coaches, goalkeepers, young talents, clubs, national teams and match officials.
Voting for the awards opened on November 5 and will continue until November 20. CAF Member Associations and clubs are participating, with eligible national team and club coaches and captains also encouraged to cast their votes.
The confederation says the voting process is designed to ensure broad representation, fairness and transparency, with independent monitoring mechanisms intended to safeguard the credibility of the results.
The 2026 nominations feature several prominent African footballers, including reigning Men's Player of the Year Achraf Hakimi, Senegalese forward Sadio Mané, Ghanaian attacker Antoine Semenyo and Morocco's Brahim Díaz.
Nigeria will also have representation in selected categories, including nominations for young talent and women's goalkeeper awards, despite the absence of Nigerian players from the Men's and Women's Player of the Year shortlists.
With the revised date confirmed and voting underway, attention will turn to the final selections ahead of the December ceremony, which is expected to bring together some of the biggest names in African football.
