{"id":11279,"date":"2023-09-27T11:11:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/?p=11279"},"modified":"2023-09-27T11:29:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T11:29:34","slug":"breaking-caf-picks-morocco-as-afcon-2025-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/breaking-caf-picks-morocco-as-afcon-2025-host\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: CAF picks Morocco as AFCON 2025 host"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Morocco won by 24 votes while Nigeria and Algeria had zero<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Morocco will host the AFCON for the second time since 1988\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Morocco will use the event to intensify the push to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Morocco will host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the continent&#8217;s Football governing body, CAF Executive Committee members have decided this Wednesday via a voting process, beating out two other bids to earn the right to stage the 24-team event.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The decision was announced by CAF president, Dr Patrice Motsepe after completion of the voting process by the Executive Committee members during their regular meeting in Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s bid first received a standing ovation when president Fouzi Lekjaa, of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation elaborated on it during a ten minutes briefing in the presence of the EXCO today in Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>25 training pitches &#8211; one per national team, one pitch for Referees&#8217; training, eight major stadiums in Casablanca, Rabat, Sal\u00e9, Marrakech, Agadir, Tanger, T\u00e9touane and Fes, modern transport, health, communications facilities plus its impressive political relationships made the bid generally acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>The North African Nation last hosted a men&#8217;s major football tournament in 2018, staging that year&#8217;s African Nations Championship (CHAN) which they won.<\/p>\n<p>CAF received three bids to host the tournament, from Algeria, Morocco, Zambia as well as a joint bid from Benin and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>However, Algeria on instructions from its government pulled out on the eve of the executive committee meeting to decide the next host.<\/p>\n<p>The Moroccan bid, unrivaled at all levels, provided the strongest face value, making it to the CAF Executive Committee&#8217;s final round of voting, where it received 24 votes against zero for Algeria and the joint bid for Benin and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Africa will head to Morocco within a year after the next tournament in C\u00f4te D&#8217;Ivoire.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s tournament, which was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, had a record following globally and an interesting attendance across Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>The next event will be played in C\u00f4te D&#8217;Ivoire from January next year.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco also served as host of\u00a0 FIFA Club World Cup last December. Before then, the North African kingdom had masterminded an impressive Women&#8217;s Africa Cup of Nations (AWCON) that drew praises globally for its fanfare and record crowds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some of Morocco&#8217;s major stadiums and their capacity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Casablanca<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Muhammed V Complex- 45 000<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rabat<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Prince Moulay Abdellah Complex -53 000<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Marrakech<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Grand Stade de Marrakech 45240<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Agadir<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stade Adrar -45 480<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tanger<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Grand Stade de Tanger &#8211; 45 000<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fez<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grand Stade de Fez &#8211; 37000<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Copyright\u00a92023 kick442.com-Cameroon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All rights reserved. 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