Confederation of African Football will today reveal the new hosts of this year’s Africa Cup Of Nations (AFCON) finals.
South Africa and Egypt submitted bids after Cameroon were stripped of hosting the tournament due to delays in building stadiums and security concerns.
The decision on the new hosts will be made during an executive meeting in Dakar, Senegal.
Both South Africa and Egypt have hosted the event before and have a developed infrastructure to successfully hold the expanded competition.
Twenty-four teams will take part in this year’s edition for the first time in the tournament’s history.
The executive committee of CAF is searching for a new site for next year’s expanded Africa Cup of Nations after deeming the original hosts unfit.
Cameroon were stripped of hosting duties for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations due to delays over their preparations for the tournament.
CAF executive announced the decision last year after a lengthy meeting in Accra, Ghana.
The expanded edition of the biennial tournament will be held in June and July, with 24 nations taking part.
Cameroon, who lifted the trophy in 2017 after beating Egypt 2-1 in the final, were initially named as hosts for a 16-team event, only for CAF to confirm an increase in participants in July 2017 during a symposium held in Morocco.
CAF president Ahmad Ahmad revealed that the federation would now work to “determine a new organising country by the end of the year (2018)”.
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