Cameroon, Cote'd Ivoire, Guinea To Host Africa Cup Of Nation Cup

Cameroon, Cote ‘d Ivoire and Guinea were named as future hosts of the Africa Cup of Nations by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) yesterday, by the executive committee meeting of the continent’s soccer ruling body meeting in Addis Abba, Ethiopia.

Cameroon will host 2019 finals and 2021 edition will be in Cote ‘d Ivoire. In an unscheduled announcement CAF also decided to hand Guinea the right to host the 2023 finals. Algeria and Zambia lost out in the bidding process. Cameroon, who will stage the tournament in 2019 previously staged the Nations Cup in 1972. Ivory Coast, awarded the 2021 edition, are also former hosts, having staged the Cup of Nations in 1984.

Zimbabwe is bidding to host the 2017 edition. But CAF has not made any decision.

A Caf spokesperson told the BBC that, on the basis of Guinea’s presentation “and commitment”, the committee “decided to exercise its power to make an immediate decision.”

The Executive Committee of Africa’s governing body of football met on Saturday to vote on the bids.
The Committee also decided to give unanimous support to Sepp Blatter at the next Fifa elective assembly in 2015.