Africa Cup Of Nations 2021 Postponed Due To Coronavirus Pandemic | Soccer Information

Subsequent 12 months’s Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon has been postponed till 2022 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Confederation of African Soccer introduced Tuesday in a video convention. CAF president Ahmad Ahmad mentioned African soccer’s governing physique took the choice as “well being was the principle precedence”. African nations have suffered to various levels from the pandemic with South Africa the toughest hit amongst these south of the Sahara, recording greater than 144,000 circumstances, whereas Egypt has suffered the worst in North Africa with over 66,000 infections.

“The height of the pandemic has not been reached but,” Ahmad added.

The CAF Champions League will spherical up its matches in September whereas the Confederation Cup will wrap up in direction of the top of this 12 months with a ‘Ultimate 4’ anticipated to happen in Morocco.

These final two competitions have been interrupted in March forward of the semi-finals part.

Ahmad additionally introduced the cancellation of the ladies’s Cup of Nations which was scheduled to happen in November whereas revealing the launch of a brand new membership competitors for 2021.

“I’m expressing my pleasure in seeing the beginning of a girls’s Champions League on the African continent,” the CAF president, who confronted allegations of sexual misconduct final 12 months, mentioned.

Final week, FIFA pledged $1.5 billion in grants and loans as a aid fund to assist nationwide and continental federations in stemming the financial downturn with the halting of soccer because the begin of the pandemic.

Promoted

Different regional soccer competitions slated to be performed this summer season have additionally been delayed such because the European Championship and Copa America.

This month noticed the muted return of outstanding European leagues, such because the English Premier League, with matches performed in empty stadiums.