CHANGE OF TIDE: CAMEROON WILL NO LONGER HOST AFCON 2019
Joseph Omoniyi
The Confederation of African Football, CAF has stripped Cameroon of hosting next year’s Africa Cup of Nations due to delays in the progress of country’s preparation for the tournament, scheduled to start in June.
African football’s governing body made the decision at a meeting on Friday in Accra, Ghana, that lasted more than 10 hours. CAF president Ahmad Ahmad says it will work to “determine a new organising country by the end of the year”.
In a statement, CAF said “a number of compliance conditions have not been met” and it did not want to expose the Africa Cup of Nations to “any issues that could impact on the success of the most prestigious African competition”.
CAF added postponing the tournament was not possible due to contractual commitments. The tournament is set to be the first held in June and July and will be expanded from 16 to 24 teams. Ahmad said last year that Cameroon still needed “to convince Caf of its ability” to host the event, with the country playing down fears sanctions would be imposed if preparations were deemed to be behind schedule.
At the moment, Morocco; having stepped in to hold this year’s African Nations Championship after Kenya were deemed not ready. South Africa and Egypt are all under consideration as replacement hosts.
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