While the date of the announcement of the host country for the edition of the 2025 African Cup of Nations is still unknown, many Internet users and other journalists have put forward a date.
Indeed, leaving doubt about the date of this long-awaited announcement, the Confederation of African Football is facing increasing pressure.
In recent days, the date of March 16 has been mentioned more and more to be the date of the famous meeting of CAF to reveal the identity of the organizing country of CAN 2025.
This date is not insignificant and remains, despite everything, significant. Thus, next March 16 will be the date of the congress of the International Football Federation, FIFA.
A meeting at the top and which will be the occasion for the president of the international body, Gianni Infantino, to be re-elected at the head of FIFA.
In this wake, several voices agree that this meeting, which will take place in Kigali (Rwanda), could bring news as to the date of the announcement of the file which will have had the most votes from the 23 members. of the CAF. Nevertheless, the ardor of the defenders of this idea could be calmed by a certain series of details.
CAN 2025: what prevents CAF from revealing the date?
In its management of the CAN 2025 file, the African body seems hesitant. On the defensive, CAF did not take the opportunity offered by the meeting of its executive committee in Algiers to decide on the file of the host country of the African event of 2025.
A hesitation which can find its origins in the delicacy with which the authority of Patrice Motsepe treats the subject.
Indeed, faced with the growing competition between the three files so far on its table, CAF would seek to pass unnoticed the announcement of the host country of CAN 2025.
Or at least, this is the observation of several specialists who say that CAF would try to avoid putting itself in an embracing situation by announcing the country which will host CAN 2025 before two important meetings.
Indeed, since the U17 Africa Cup of Nations will be held in Algeria, and the U23 Africa Cup will be held in Morocco, and since Benin (one of the candidates for the race to host the CAN 2025) will host the CAF congress soon, it would be difficult to envisage an announcement about CAN 2025 in the coming weeks. Everything remains to be confirmed by the African body…
