The decision will boost the North African country’s hopes of co-hosting the 2030 World Cup.
Morocco’s winning bid to host the 2025 African Cup of Nations returns the finals to North Africa for the first time since 1976.
The North African country was a runaway favourite and will see the decision as a boost to their hopes of co-hosting the 2030 World Cup with Portugal and Spain but a victory for the joint East African bid for 2027 was a surprise. “The tournament has to be spread around the regions and contribute to the development of football,” CAF president Patrice Motsepe said.
They have hosted a variety of CAF events at women’s and age group levels and also allowed many African countries, who have been slapped with bans on hosting international games because of poor pitch or stadium conditions, to use stadia in Morocco. The hosting of the Afcon has had a checkered history in the last decade, starting with South Africa stepping in to replace war-torn Libya in 2013.
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