The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Friday evening the withdrawal of Guinea from the organization of the African Cup of Nations CAN 2025.
The announcement was made by Patrice Motsepe, president of CAF, after his meetings Friday in Conakry with the Guinean sports authorities and the president of the transition, Mamadi Doumbouya.
Motsepe said at a press conference that CAF would reopen the call for bids to host the continental competition in 2025.
“Tomorrow, we will ask CAF to receive new applications because in the current state, the infrastructure and equipment are not suitable or ready for CAF to host (the CAN) in 2025 in Guinea,” he said.
CAF meets its executive committee on Saturday.
Motsepe noted that CAF’s decision was actually made in July.
“The CAN-2025, which had been awarded to Guinea, we are not ready (to host it) for the moment in Guinea, and we must reopen this process,” he said.
It should be recalled that Colonel Doumbouya appointed a new organizing committee in March, ousting the former team, one of whose members publicly expressed doubts about the feasibility of the project to organize an African Cup of Nations in the country.
He also issued a decree declaring the organization of the 2025 CAN “of national interest and priority.
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