Morocco on Wednesday was picked to host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2025. It was a shock, nonetheless, that the 2027 event was awarded to East African neighbours Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania when its bid rivals included soccer powers Senegal and Egypt.
The Confederation of African Soccer’s president Patrice Motsepe introduced the winners after votes by its government committee.
Morocco was closely favored to get the 2025 AFCON, when the 2022 FIFA World Cup semi-finalist can be at present a part of an progressive Europe-led joint bid for the 2030 event with Spain and Portugal, and probably Ukraine.
Morocco’s bid opponents had been a Benin-Nigeria co-host plan and Zambia after Algeria this week withdrew its candidacy from each the 2025 and ’27 contests. Guinea beforehand was picked for 2025, however was stripped of internet hosting by CAF.
East Africa has not staged the biennial event since Ethiopia was the 1976 host.
The delayed 2023 version of the 24-team event kicks off in January in Ivory Coast.
