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Next year\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations<\/a> could be postponed until 2028 owing to doubts over the readiness of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to host the tournament, in a move that would lead the Confederation of African Football to scrap one edition of its showpiece competition.<\/p>\n The Guardian understands that Caf\u2019s executive committee will discuss the proposal when it meets in Dar es Salaam on Friday, with Morocco\u2019s expected withdrawal as hosts for next month\u2019s Women\u2019s Afcon also high on the agenda.<\/p>\n In December the Caf president, Patrice Motsepe, announced Afcon would be staged every four years instead every two from 2028<\/a>, and said the 2027 tournament would take place in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, with the 2029 edition brought forward to 2028.<\/p>\n Despite rumoured interest from South Africa and Botswana in jointly hosting that 2028 tournament, there is growing expectation that the 2027 edition will be pushed back 12 months.<\/p>\n According to several sources in the ExCo, there are major concerns over the infrastructure in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and their ability to cope with a 24-team tournament due to be spread over 10 cities. Last August there were challenges including ticketing and security measures around the stadiums in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda that hosted the Africa Nations Championships (Chan) for domestic-based players. There are also understood to be issues with finding time in the international calendar to complete the qualification given the potential involvement of 10 African teams at this summer\u2019s World Cup<\/a>. Caf did not comment on any of the claims.<\/p>\n Any postponement would mean scrapping the tournament scheduled for 2028, for which Ethiopia had signalled its intention to rival a South Africa-Botswana bid. That would allow Caf to introduce its plan for a first African Nations League to take place in 2029. It wants that to replace the biennial Afcon and Chan as its chief source of income.<\/p>\n Last month Motsepe insisted that the 2027 tournament would go ahead. \u201cI have a duty to develop football all over Africa,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t have competitions only in those four countries where you\u2019ve got the infrastructure. You\u2019ve got to create opportunities for the other countries to build infrastructure as well. I\u2019m confident that the Afcon in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda will be enormously successful.\u201d<\/p>\n There is confusion over the Women\u2019s Afcon due to start on 17 March after South Africa said it was ready to step in if required after Morocco apparently indicated it could no longer stage the tournament. Neither the Moroccan football federation nor Caf has confirmed that the tournament will be moved, with a decision expected at Friday\u2019s ExCo meeting.<\/p>\n It is understood at least one member of the ExCo will raise questions about why Caf\u2019s general secretary, V\u00e9ron Mosengo-Omba, is still in his post despite reaching the statutory retirement age under Caf\u2019s regulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Next year\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations could be postponed until 2028 owing to doubts over the readiness of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to host the tournament, in a move that would lead the Confederation of African Football to scrap one edition of its showpiece competition. 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