CAF today announced that the 2027 AFCON will go ahead as planned in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda as scheduled and that Morocco remain hosts of this year’s WAFCON.
This followed a CAF Executive Committee meeting in Dar es Salam earlier today.
CAF President Patrice Motsepe, who presided over the meeting, later addressed a press conference during which he tackled an article published by The Guardian in London, which alleged that the tournament was at risk due to infrastructure concerns in the host nations.
Motsepe described the allegations as “totally unfounded,” clarifying that his presence in the region was not to deliver bad news but to reaffirm CAF’s commitment to the “Pamoja” bid.
The 2027 edition of the continent’s flagship football tournament is scheduled to be co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, marking the first time the event will be held in the CECAFA region in several decades.
It will be staged in June/July ahead of the general elections in Kenya in August.
The CAF President expressed frustration with the report, noting that the media occasionally misinterprets his statements or reports the “totally opposite” of his actual position.
“I am enormously confident that we will succeed,” Motsepe told reporters, emphasizing that the three nations are making significant strides in their preparations.
He also confirmed Morocco will host the women’s version of the AFCON next month as planned.
“They were many countries that wanted to host it, but because we didn’t have time and our standards were very high. The WAFCON continues, as we speak now, we still have an engagement with Morocco,” he stated.
“We can’t change the date because it is part of the qualification pathway for the Women’s World Cup. WAFCON will continue and it will be successful”.
