Morocco will host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), according to an announcement by the president of the Confederation Of African Football (Caf), Patrice Motsepe.
The North African nation will host the competition for the second time; having first staged it in 1988.
The other 2025 contenders – Algeria, Zambia and a joint Benin/Nigeria bid – all agreed to withdraw, which left Morocco as the only candidate.
Morocco will have a better chance of succeeding in a joint effort to host the World Cup in Africa in 2030 if they host the Afcon.
Afcon 2027 has been awarded to a joint bid from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
It takes Africa’s showpiece men’s football event to East Africa for the first time since 1976, when Ethiopia hosted.
The next edition, Afcon 2023, will be held on January 13, 2024, in Ivory Coast.
Source-BBC
