Five nations and two editions
of the Nations Cup will be point of discussion for the Confederation of African Football
this weekend when a vote is held to decide who will host the 2019 and 2021
tournaments.
Caf’s
executive committee will assess final presentations from Algeria, Cameroon,
Ivory Coast, Guinea and Zambia for the 2019 finals, while Algeria, Ivory Coast
and Guinea are fighting it out for the right to host in 2021.
The decision will be taken in
Ethiopia, with each of the 14 committee members casting one vote and the first
contender to receive at least eight votes wins.
Should several rounds be
necessary, the country with the fewest votes after each round drops out.
The two winning nations are
to be announced during a ceremony at the African Union (AU) headquarters in
Addis Ababa.
Zambia’s
package for the tournament in five years’ time includes
matches played against a backdrop of the spectacular Victoria Falls.
They were awarded the 1988
tournament only to be replaced by Morocco because they lacked the required
funds.
This time around Zambia have
proposed six venues including Livingstone, a town that overlooks the waterfall
on the Zambezi river which divides Zambia and Zimbabwe and is one of the seven
wonders of the world.
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