{"id":7764,"date":"2026-10-09T21:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=7764"},"modified":"2026-10-09T21:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T21:29:00","slug":"africa-cup-of-nations-may-stay-as-a-biennial-event-says-caf-chief-motsepe-africa-cup-of-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=7764","title":{"rendered":"Africa Cup of Nations may stay as a biennial event, says CAF chief Motsepe | Africa Cup of Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CAF had declared the Africa Cup of Nations would be held every four years, but may reverse that decision.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is reappraising its decision to hold the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) every four years, CAF president Patrice Motsepe declared on Friday, while insisting his organisation did not take orders from FIFA or UEFA.<\/p>\n

Motsepe, who last December announced the biennial AFCON would switch to a four-year cycle<\/a> from 2028, said on Friday that it was \u201cnonsense, absolute rubbish\u201d that CAF was being dictated to by either the world or European governing body.<\/p>\n

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The decision at the time, bringing the competition to a schedule that aligned with FIFA\u2019s international calendar, rankled many at the 2025 AFCON in Morocco, with some saying it was made with European wishes at heart to the detriment of African interests.<\/p>\n

Motsepe, a South African billionaire who is also a vice-president of FIFA, appeared stung by the criticism.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy No. 1 job, my No. 1 duty is to protect, promote, and advance the interests of Africa,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd there are times when I have to stand firm and say, \u2018Listen, we\u2019re going to fight on this issue.\u2019 And there are times when I have to say, \u2018No.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe AFCON \u2014 because this is one of the issues we\u2019re talking about \u2014 we took a decision as Africa because there were lots of issues, but I can guarantee you we have discussed it over the last few days to say we are looking at everything, including having the AFCON coming back every two years,\u201d Motsepe said. \u201cWe\u2019re very clear.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was speaking at the final day of CAF\u2019s three-day strategy conference in Cape Verde. On Thursday, he reiterated the 54-member body\u2019s \u201cunanimous\u201d support for FIFA\u2019s under-fire president Gianni Infantino, and Infantino reminded his potential election voters of investments FIFA has made for African football since gaining the job 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

Motsepe reaffirmed the 2027 Africa Cup will go ahead as planned in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda next year, despite recent media reports from France<\/a> saying construction projects were not going to schedule and some CAF members were pushing to have the tournament moved.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to believe in Africa. There will be problems, there will be failures, fine, but we will be there. That\u2019s what Mandela taught us,\u201d Motsepe said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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