The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have re-opened the bidding process for the hosting rights of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) 2025, the continent’s football mother body announced on Wednesday.
The decision comes after Guinea were striped of the right to host the competition because of a lack of suitably advancing infrastructure and facilities.
Guinea has had nearly a decade to prepare for the finals, having originally been named as host of the 2023 Nations Cup in 2014, prior to then being asked to host in 2025 instead.
The political situation in Guinea, which has been under military rule since a coup last year, had led to concerns over security and organisation for its Nations Cup hosting.
CAF on Wednesday sent a notice to the Member Associations to express their interest in hosting the AFCON 2025. Including the process that will be followed in the selection of the host country or countries.
AFCON 2025 BIDDING PROCESS TIMELINE
-11 November 2022: Deadline for submitting the Declaration of Interest form
-16 November 2022: Deadline for CAF to send the hosting documents to Member Associations that have declared their interest.
-16 December 2022: Deadline for Member Associations to submit their final bid, including all bidding and hosting documents (hosting agreement, host cities agreement, Government guarantees)
-05-25 January 2023: Inspection visits
-10 February 2023: Appointment of Host Country/Countries by the CAF Executive Committee
POSSIBLE BIDS
So far Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, South Africa and Senegal are countries reported to have shown to have shown interest in bidding for the tournament.
2027 BIDS
Botswana and Namibia as well as Tanzania and Uganda have raised their hands to host the 2027 edition of the Africa Cup of nations.
North Africa has hosted the most number of Afcons (13), followed by West Africa (9), Central Africa (6), East Africa (3) and Southern Africa (2).
