Confederation of African Football (Caf) Stamps Final Approval On Cameroon As 2019 Afcon Hosts

Alternative hosts of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) were already being touted as either South Africa or Morocco


The Confederation of African Football (Caf) have put the seal of approval on Cameroon’s 2019 Afcon hosting rights, saying the tournament will not be taken away from the central African country.

Concerns that Cameroon would be overwhelmed by organising an expanded 24-team tournament saw possible replacements being hyped as either Morocco or South Africa.

This was after the 2019 Afcon had initially been scheduled for 16 competing nations, and the massive infrastructural upgrades needed to accommodate the increased teams had cast doubts on Cameroon’s hosting capacity.
c Stamps Final Approval On Cameroon As 2019 Afcon Hosts
But following Caf’s third inspection of Cameroon’s preparedness which ended on Monday, the continental football governing body was left satisfied with progress made so far.

Caf vice president Amaju Pinnick gave assurances that Cameroon would not be stripped of the hosting rights.

“What we have seen so far is quite impressive,” Pinnick told Cameroon National Radio and Television.

"The government (of Cameroon) has made a huge effort towards hosting the best Afcon ever. We are very excited about it. We are truly from the depth of our souls desirous about Cameroon doing this because we know that it is going to impact hugely not just only on Cameroon but the whole continent of Africa.

“We don’t want to put some sort of misconception. We are here for very serious business. Because at the end of the tournament I do not think that we will have any other (African) country that will have the kind of facilities we are going to have here.

“The president of Caf Mr Ahmad is 100 percent in support of what we are doing here. I speak to him every second giving him an update of what is happening here and he is very excited about it. He has given us a lot of reassurances.

“Like I said, nobody is going to take it away from Cameroon. They are one of the great footballing nations in the world and not just in Africa.”

“We want Cameroon to host the first Afcon under the leadership of Ahmad that we see a lot of changes.”

Having hosted the eight-team 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations, Cameroon could be confident of their stadia, training facilities and accommodation infrastructure as well as transport networks.
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