CAF Strips Guinea 2025 AFCON Hosting Rights

September 1, 2022
CAF Strips Guinea 2025 AFCON Hosting Rights
CAF Strips Guinea 2025 AFCON Hosting Rights

The Confederation of Africa Football, CAF on Thursday announced the withdrawal of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON hosting rights that it granted to Guinea.

CAF announced Guinea as the tournament’s host on November 30, 2018 but the continent’s football body has withdrawn the mandate after the Executive Committee approved the decision to strip Guinea of the hosting rights.

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The continent’s football umpire noted that giving the time frame for the tournament expected to hold June-July that year, that Guinea was not ready.

“The Executive Committee was unanimous that Guinea will not be ready to host the competition.

“The Executive Committee took a unanimous decision based on the report as submitted that the tournament be withdrawn from Guinea.

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“The President suggested that a delegation be sent to Guinea to inform them of the decision taken by EXCO.

“Resolution: The Executive Committee resolved to send a delegation to Guinea to inform them of CAF’s decision to withdraw the Africa Cup of Nations Guinea 2025 from Guinea,” CAF noted in a release made available to the media.

President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF Amaju Pinnick had few weeks ago said Nigeria could co-host the tournament with Benin Republic or Ghana but CAF then refuted report that the tournament would be taking away from Guinea.

CAF has not however made any official statement on the replacement if Guinea loses the hosting rights.

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Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

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