CAF scraps four-year Afcon plan and returns tournament to two-year cycle
CAF's Executive Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to keep the Africa Cup of Nations every two years, reversing last December's switch to a four-year cycle. Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda will still host the 2027 edition.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has dropped its plan to hold the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) every four years. The CAF Executive Committee took the decision unanimously on Thursday, Radio Okapi reported. The tournament will return to its traditional two-year cycle. In December, CAF announced that Afcon would move to a four-year cycle. A new Africa Nations League would have replaced it as the continent's biennial competition. Al Jazeera reported that the change was not widely welcomed. According to the BBC, CAF admitted after a review that the Nations League would take several years to earn enough revenue to support itself. The next Afcon will take place in 2027, hosted jointly by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Editions will follow in 2028, 2031 and 2033. There will be no tournament in 2030 because CAF keeps its tradition of not staging Afcon in a World Cup year. CAF president Patrice Motsepe said in a statement that the decision protects the interests of African football and CAF's 54…
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