The Confederation of African Football has declared Egypt as the new host of the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
CAF revealed the new host in a statement made public on Thursday evening.
The statement read “The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) today awarded the Egyptian Football Association (“EFA”) and Egyptian Government the rights to host the TotalEnergies CAF Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations 2025.
“This is subsequent to CAF having been informed by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (“FIF”) and the Government of Côte d’Ivoire that due to unforeseen circumstances, they are unable to host the TotalEnergies CAF Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations 2025″.
Cote d’Ivoire were initially penciled in to host the youth competition from April 26 to May 18, but the country pulled out exactly a month before the event.
According to CAF, the West African country pulled out of hosting the competition due to “unforeseen circumstances”.