The 2025 males’s Africa Cup of Nations could possibly be put again six months after a “scheduling nightmare”, CAF common secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba has confirmed.
The event, which was received by the Ivory Coast final February, was initially scheduled to happen in Morocco in June 2025.
Nonetheless, this can conflict with the expanded 32-team Membership World Cup, held in the USA between June 15 and July 13, with 4 African groups invited to take part.
“For the lads, we have to make it possible for the dates that we’ll be selecting might be within the pursuits of the gamers,” Mosengo-Omba instructed BBC Sport Africa.
“For this, we have to stability totally different facets and likewise focus on with our companions after which we full [the dates]. Scheduling is a nightmare for everyone.”
“We are able to play after the Membership World Cup, however is that this good for the pursuits of the gamers who’ve performed all of the season, after which they journey to America [and then] to right away come to play Afcon?”
The CAF common secretary additionally mentioned there would quickly be an replace on when the 2024 Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations would happen, with the forthcoming Olympic Video games offering one other potential conflict.
“We’re imagined to play this 12 months, however we’ve got groups engaged within the Olympics, so we’ve got to seek out one other date,” he added.
“We’re speaking with UEFA, as a result of many of the gamers are enjoying in Europe, the European Membership Affiliation, and likewise with FIFA with the intention to discover [a] appropriate date.”
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