Seven countries bid for 2017 Nations Cup
Published: 2014 October 16 11:55:00 (4779 Views)
Seven countries have put forward bids to host the 2017 African Nations Cup as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) seeks a ready made replacement for Libya.
CAF confirmed on Tuesday that Algeria, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Sudan and Zimbabwe all met the Sept. 30 deadline to submit their plans for the event and confirm their interest in hosting the tournament.
"The host country will be decided by the CAF executive committee during one of its sessions in 2015," CAF said in a brief statement.
The continent's governing body have stated that the winning bid will be from a country that will have little need to improve infrastructure and should be ready to host from today.
Of those bidding, Kenya and Zimbabwe have not hosted tournaments before, though both have had winning bids.
South Africa replaced Kenya as 1996 hosts when it was apparent the east African nation would not be ready, while Nigeria and Ghana co-hosted in the place of Zimbabwe in 2000 due to a lack of funding.
Algeria (1990), Egypt (1974, 1986 and 2006), Gabon (co-hosts in 2012), Ghana (1963, 1978, co-hosts in 2000 and 2008) and Sudan (the inaugural event in 1957 and 1970) have all hosted before.
Libya were stripped of the right to host the continent's showpiece tournament in August as ongoing fighting in the country delayed plans to build new stadiums for the 16-team finals.
The north African nation were originally scheduled to hold the Nations Cup in 2013 but because of the civil war swapped with 2017 hosts South Africa.
- Zim Metro
CAF confirmed on Tuesday that Algeria, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Sudan and Zimbabwe all met the Sept. 30 deadline to submit their plans for the event and confirm their interest in hosting the tournament.
"The host country will be decided by the CAF executive committee during one of its sessions in 2015," CAF said in a brief statement.
The continent's governing body have stated that the winning bid will be from a country that will have little need to improve infrastructure and should be ready to host from today.
Of those bidding, Kenya and Zimbabwe have not hosted tournaments before, though both have had winning bids.
South Africa replaced Kenya as 1996 hosts when it was apparent the east African nation would not be ready, while Nigeria and Ghana co-hosted in the place of Zimbabwe in 2000 due to a lack of funding.
Algeria (1990), Egypt (1974, 1986 and 2006), Gabon (co-hosts in 2012), Ghana (1963, 1978, co-hosts in 2000 and 2008) and Sudan (the inaugural event in 1957 and 1970) have all hosted before.
Libya were stripped of the right to host the continent's showpiece tournament in August as ongoing fighting in the country delayed plans to build new stadiums for the 16-team finals.
The north African nation were originally scheduled to hold the Nations Cup in 2013 but because of the civil war swapped with 2017 hosts South Africa.
- Zim Metro
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