The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has postponed the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations final draw.
This was announced in a statement released on CAF’s official website on Sunday.
The draw had been scheduled for June 25 in Yaounde, Cameroon but CAF said the postponement was due to “logistical reasons related to the Covid-19 pandemic” and a new date would be announced in due course.
“At the request of CAF, the Cameroon Local Organizing Committee (LOC) has agreed to postpone the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 final draw for logistical reasons related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The draw was initially scheduled for 25 June 2021 and a new date will be announced in due course.
“CAF continues to work together with its partners, the Cameroon government and the LOC with the objective of making theTotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 a successful event and a great celebration of African football.”
Recall that the 2021 AFCON was postponed last year because of the pandemic and the governing body had also delayed the resumption of the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers, which had been scheduled for the opening weeks of June, blaming the Covid-19 pandemic.
With the group phase of African qualifiers for the World Cup now due to start in September, the Super Eagles will be among the 24 countries to participate at next year’s AFCON.
