The Confederation of African Football (CAF), has described reports that the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will be moved to 2026 as untrue.
This comes after reports emerged that the continent’s football governing body is finding it difficult to fix a date due to FIFA’s new inter-club FIFA World Cup which is set to be played in the summer of 2025.
Meanwhile, CAF has rejected the claims, stating that no such decision has been taken.
It however, through X (formerly Twitter) said the CAF Executive Committee in the coming days will meet to deliberate on the matter and come to a conclusion and subsequently make a public statement.
Reports on AFCON 2025 are untrue.
The CAF Executive Committee will meet, deliberate and make a decision on the AFCON 2025 dates.
CAF will thereafter issue official statement on the matter.#CAF #CAFonline pic.twitter.com/Z0XXoIyvLi— CAF Media (@CAF_Media) June 5, 2024
The 2025 edition, which will be hosted by Morocco, has had a lot of controversy around it, with of the tournament had been rumoured to have moved President of CAF, Patrice Motsepe indicating in a press conference that the tournament could be moved due to conflicting to avoid interfering with the Club World Cup earlier this year.
