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Egypt aims to host Africa Cup of Nations
12 teams have qualified so far to 2019 AFCON
Published in Daily News Egypt on 03 - 01 - 2019

Egyptian football fans are waiting for the Confederation of African Football's (CAF) decision regarding the host country of the 23rd edition of the AFCON after the hosting right was withdrawn from Cameroon on 30 November 2018 due to security concerns. The hosting country has yet to be decided, but the competition shall be held between 15 June and 13 July.
Egypt and South Africa have submitted their bids to host the tournament. Unless one of the countries concedes to the other, a vote will be held. Sources in the CAF said that the African football authority prefers the Egyptian bid due to some security problems in South Africa.
Amer Hussein, head of the Competition Committee at the Egyptian Football Association (EFA), said that organising the tournament will not affect the Egyptian Premier League. According to the regulations of the Africa Cup of Nations, the host country will be required to postpone all local competitions during the tournament, and failure to achieve this will expose the local federation to penalties from the CAF.
The CAF will announce the host country during the African Player of the Year award ceremony scheduled on 9 January in Dakar, Senegal.
The AFCON 2019 will be composed of 24 teams divided into six groups for the first time. Egypt hosted the tournament four times before in 1959, 1974, 1986, and 2006. The Egyptian national team won the title five times.
The host must have at least six well-equipped stadiums to host the tournament instead of only four as usual.
The country should offer suitable training grounds, accommodation, and hospitals for all teams. The CAF does not require holding the games in six different cities, which means that the whole tournament can be held in one city.
The CAF members who have the right to vote for choosing the host of AFCON 2019 are the CAF President, Ahmad Ahmad (Madagascar); CAF First Vice President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick (Nigeria); CAF Second Vice President, Constant Omari Selemani (DR Congo), and CAF Third Vice President, Fouzi Lekjaa (Morocco). Other members include Adoum Djibrine (Chad); Hani Abo Rida (Egypt); Almamy Kabele Camara (Guinea); Tarek Bouchamaoui (Tunisia); Leodegar Tenga (Tanzania); Lydia Nsekera (Burundi); Alexander Danny Jordaan (South Africa); Hassan Musa Bility (Liberia); Isha Johansen (Sierra Leone); Rui Eduardo da Costa (Angola); Suleiman Hassan Waberi (Djibouti); Jamal El Jaafri (Libya); Augustin Senghor (Senegal); Sita Sangare (Burkina Faso); Walter Nyamilandu (Malawi); Ahmed Yahya (Mauritania), and Moses Magogo (Uganda).
Twelve teams have qualified so far to the 2019 AFCON, namely Egypt; Tunisia; Senegal; Madagascar; Morocco; Mali; Algeria; Nigeria; Guinea; Cote d'Ivoire; Mauritania, and Uganda.
The remaining 11 spots are seeing fierce competition, which will be settled by March.


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