The 2025 males’s Africa Cup of Nations might be put again six months after a “scheduling nightmare”, CAF basic secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba has confirmed.
The match, which was gained by the Ivory Coast final February, was initially scheduled to happen in Morocco in June 2025.
Nevertheless, it will conflict with the expanded 32-team Membership World Cup, held in the US between June 15 and July 13, with 4 African groups invited to take part.
“For the lads, we have to guarantee that the dates that we’ll be selecting will likely be within the pursuits of the gamers,” Mosengo-Omba informed BBC Sport Africa.
“For this, we have to stability totally different features and likewise talk about with our companions after which we full [the dates]. Scheduling is a nightmare for everyone.”
“We are able to play after the Membership World Cup, however is that this good for the pursuits of the gamers who’ve performed all of the season, after which they journey to America [and then] to right away come to play Afcon?”
The CAF basic secretary additionally mentioned there would quickly be an replace on when the 2024 Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations would happen, with the forthcoming Olympic Video games offering one other potential conflict.
“We’re purported to play this yr, however we have now groups engaged within the Olympics, so we have now to search out one other date,” he added.
“We’re speaking with UEFA, as a result of a lot of the gamers are enjoying in Europe, the European Membership Affiliation, and likewise with FIFA with the intention to discover [a] appropriate date.”
