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AFCON 2017: Libya surrenders hosting right•CAF shops for new host
African football governing body, CAF has started shopping for a country that would play host to her premier competition in 2017 following the decision of Libya to surrender the hosting right already granted her.
Libyan football authorities citing the unstable security situation in their country opted yesterday to surrender the AFCON 2017 hosting right.
A Libyan delegation led by the country’s Minister of Youth and Sports and included the president of the Libyan Football Federation revealed in a meeting with CAF President Issa Hayatou that owing to the unstable security situation in the country, Libya would not be able to host AFCON in 2017.
CAF’s official website cafonline.com disclosed yesterday that the meeting between Hayatou and Libyan officials took place on 22nd August 2014 at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
Consequently, the Secretary General of CAF, Hicham El Amrani, dispatched a circular on 23rd August, 2014 to all 54 member associations informing them of the decision and “opening bids for the hosting of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
“The designation of the Host for this competition will be made according to the statutory provisions of CAF, especially in conformity with articles 27 to 47 of the Regulations Governing the Application of CAF Statutes.
The CAF headquarters in Cairo will receive applications until Tuesday 30th September, 2014.
In addition to the government guarantee, and considering the limited time left for the organization of the 2017 edition, the CAF Executive Committee will select a host country whose dossier guarantees that accommodation, transportation and hotels facilities, as well as training sites and stadiums already exist.
The designation of the host country will be made at a meeting of the Executive Committee in 2015.
It would be noted that CAF experts that included Nigeria’s Paul Bassey only lat week rounded off the inspection of countries jostling to host the 2019 and 2021 editions of the tournament which was won by the Super Eagles last year in South Africa.
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