African football leaders will hold a videoconference on Tuesday to discuss solutions available to them to resume football on the continent following the long hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The discussions, led by the president of the African Football Confederation (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad, will focus on the African Cup of Nations (CAN) in 24 countries, which is to be held from January 9 to February 6, 2021 in Cameroon.
“We sincerely hope that the African Cup of Nations will be held as planned in January and February next”, CAF secretary general Abdelmounaim Bah told AFP.
However, the CAN qualifications could not be completed, and one option considered would be to have them complete in October and November.
This would cause a further postponement of the start of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, initially scheduled to start in March and initially postponed to October. These qualifications should not start until 2021, after the CAN.
The cases of the African Nations Championship, the CAF Champions League and the Confederation Cup should also be mentioned.
These last two competitions were interrupted in March at the semi-final level. Scenarios for playing these semi-finals and the finals either in August or in September are on the table.
With the exception of Burundi, all African countries interrupted their competitions in March, as did most of the countries on the planet. (AFP)
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