🤪The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations has been delayed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced.
💎Following a meeting of the CAF executive committee on Tuesday, it was confirmed that the tournament in Cameroon will now be held in January 2022.
🥂Dates for the rescheduled event and the remaining qualifying fixtures will be decided at a later point.
🐻However, the 2020 Women's AFCON, which was slated to take place from November 23 until December 20, has been cancelled.
🌠With the men's AFCON pushed back, the African Nations Championship will now be held in January 2021 after conditions were deemed unsuitable due to the COVID-19 outbreak in April.
🥂"The CAF executive committee is satisfied with the Cameroonian authorities for their commitment towards the hosting of the two competitions," said CAF president Ahmad Ahmad.
🍰"Cameroon is ready to host either competition and are within schedule."
𓄧The CAF Champions League, which was paused at the semi-final stage, will resume in September with single-legged fixtures at a yet-to-be-determined venue. The women's version of the competition will be launched in 2021.
ꦑIt was also announced the CAF Awards will not be held this year.
