By Ayodele Oni
North African country, Morocco will, for the second time host the African Football Confederation (AFCON) Football Championship, Organisers confirmed Wednesday.
They said Morocco will host the 2025 Championship.
AFCON 2025: Nigeria Withdraws From Bid As CAF Names Morocco Host
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) named the North African Country hosts, while a joint bid from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania got the nod for the 2027 AFCON.
Morocco won the hosting right by garnering 22 votes, after Algeria, Zambia and a joint bid by Nigeria/Benin Republic withdrew before the voting.
Report said during their voting at the Cairo Marriott Hotel in Egypt on Wednesday, the Executive Committee of CAF announced the North Africans and East Africans as hosts for the 2025, 2027 editions respectively.
A joint bid by Nigeria and Benin Republic to host the 2025 or 2027 AFCON did not make the cut. Nigeria hosted the competition in 1980 and co-hosted with Ghana in 2000.
Morocco won the hosting right by garnering 22 votes, after Algeria, Zambia withdrew before the voting.
CAF also unveiled the joint bid from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, as the winning bid for 2027 fiesta, after second round of voting.
Morocco first hosted the AFCON in 1988, while Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will be hosting for the first time.
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