2018 CHAN: CAF chooses Morocco to host 2018 CHAN

15 Octobre 2017

Lagos, Nigeria, October  15 (Infosplusgabon) - Africa's football governing body, Confederation of African Football (CAF), has chosen Morocco to replace Kenya as hosts of the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN).

A statement posted in the website of CAF on Sunday said the Emergency Committee of the Confederation chaired by its president, Mr Ahmad Ahmad, met on 14 October 2017 in Lagos, Nigeria, and "unanimously decided to grant the organization of the 5th edition of the Total African Nations Championship to the Royal Moroccan Football Federation".

Morocco became a candidate following the withdrawal of the organization of the competition to Kenya, which was decided on 23 September 2017 in Accra, Ghana, by the CAF Executive Committee.

CAF Executive committee, in accordance with the statutes and the deadlines, on the same day allowed the Emergency Committee to conduct the bidding process to select a new host country.

"The candidacy of Morocco was preferred to that of Equatorial Guinea, another country to have submitted a valid application," the statement said. It added that the Ethiopian Football Federation, which had also expressed its willingness to host the tournament, did not provide the government's letter of guarantee, which is a mandatory document required by the rules of application of the Statutes of CAF.

Total CHAN, Morocco 2018, scheduled for 12 January to 4 February 2018, will bring together 16 national teams composed exclusively of players playing in the national championships of their respective countries.

The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) "with an overwhelming majority" withdrew the hosting rights of the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) from Kenya because of "accumulated delays from reports of the various inspection missions conducted in the country".

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