South Africa asked to be emergency host of 2019 AFCON

South Africa has been asked by CAF to the host of the 2019 AFCON finals. This comes after a ten hour meeting on Friday afternoon in Accra the capital on Cameroon where the would be host nation was stripped of the rights to host the event. Cameroon lost the rights to holding the AFCON, citing a “significant delay in the realisation of the infrastructures” and security risks with Boko Haram jihadists in the North of the country.

Danny Jordaan the president of SAFA (South African Football Association) confirmed that South Africa would be willing to host the 2019 Championship but that the final decision would ultimately be by the government of South Africa. South Africa was the host nation for the first ever Football World Cup on African soil in 2010. The country has the necessary infrastructure and stadiums to be host of the biggest AFCON finals in history with 24 teams competing at the 2019 finals.

The qualification rounds for the AFCON finals are reaching the end with only one match day remaining. Nigeria has already qualified for the event and is considered one of the strongest teams in the competition. You can make place a bet on our boys at www.betway.com.ng. Our Super Falcons beat South Africa’s Banyana Banyana on Saturday in AWCON tournament in Ghana. The game was deadlocked at 0-0 after 120 minutes of play and the game went down to a penalty shoot out where our girls managed to beat the South Africa 4-3.