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The CAF Executive Committee met Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal, to announce the name of the candidate country, rather than Cameroon, which was withdrawn several weeks ago.
The President of the Continental Union said Ahmed Ahmed At a press conference after the meeting "I'm happy to announce that L & # 39; Egypt host African Nations Championship".
The announcement of Ahmed comes shortly after the revelation Egyptian Federation Through his official Facebook page, won the right to organize, as published "Egypt wins the 2019 Africa Nations Championship".
Egypt won 16 to 1 against South Africa, with one abstention.
The official MENA news agency announced that the meeting of the Executive Committee had taken place "The presence of 20 members was noted, as well as the absence of two members." The representative of the Angolan State s & rsquo; Is excused for his illness and the other was arrested. "
The Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports, Ashraf Subhi, said in a televised address "Great confidence that we get 16 votes out of 18 votes".
He explained: "We will meet the Egyptian Federation and form a committee to prepare the championship to delight the Egyptian people."
C & # 39; was African Union "CAF"Can shoot late last November, from Cameroon The organization of the tournament planned from June 15 to July 13, in a context of delays in the completion of the infrastructure and facilities of the stadium, as well as concerns about the security situation.
After the reopening of the bid to the host, Egypt and Egypt submitted their candidacy.South Africa Two candidates were due to vote at a meeting of the executive committee of the continental union Wednesday in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, before the CAF announced Monday night the date.
Egypt has already organized the most important continental tournament at the team level four times, the last time in 2006, and South Africa twice (1996 and 2013).
The organization of the 2019 tournament will place Egypt at the forefront of African countries in terms of the number of copies to be lodged, before Ghana (4 times).
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The CAF Executive Committee met Tuesday in Dakar, Senegal, to announce the name of the candidate country, rather than Cameroon, which was withdrawn several weeks ago.
"I am pleased to announce that Egypt will host the 2019 African Nations Championship," said Ahmed Ahmed, president of the Continental Federation, at a press conference at the Beijing Olympics. from the meeting.
The announcement made by Ahmed shortly after the Egyptian Union revealed on its official Facebook page its victory against the organization, as published "Officially … Egypt wins the organization of African nations 2019".
Egypt won 16 to 1 against South Africa, with one abstention.
The official MENA news agency reported that the meeting of the Executive Committee "witnessed the presence of 20 members and two members." The representative of the Angolan State apologized for his presence due conditions of his illness.
"We are very confident to get 16 out of 18 votes," Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Subhi said in a televised address.
"We will meet the Egyptian Union and form a committee to prepare the championship to delight the Egyptian people," he said.
The African Union (CAF) withdrew at the end of last November, with Cameroon hosting the tournament scheduled from June 15 to July 13, in the context of the delay in the completion of stadium infrastructure and facilities. as well as concerns about the security situation.
Following the reopening of the bid, Egypt and South Africa submitted two nominations, which were to be submitted to one of them following the Continental Union Executive Committee meeting to be held on Wednesday. in Dakar, the Senegalese capital.
Egypt has already organized the most important continental tournament at the team level four times, the last time in 2006, and South Africa twice (1996 and 2013).
The organization of the 2019 tournament will place Egypt at the forefront of African countries in terms of the number of copies to be lodged, before Ghana (4 times).
