2019 AFCON: Egypt designated as host

Seven time winners of the AFCON Egypt will host the 2019 Total Afrca Cup of Nations from June 15th, to July 13th, 2019.

The decision is one of  CAF’s resolutions during the just ended CAF Extraordinary Assembly  this Tuesday 8th January 2019 in Dakar Senegal.

Egypt garnered 16 votes to beat South Africa who got only one.

Egypt hosted the 1996 and 2013 finals after Kenya and Libya failed to be ready in time respectively.

They will be hosting their fifth edition and it is the first time they will be hosting a 24 team tournament.

The tournament was initially scheduled to be hosted by 2017 winners Cameroon, which was going to be the first time since 1972.

On 30 November 2018, Cameroon was stripped of hosting rights by CAF.

Benly Anchunda

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