Officially .. Egypt wins the organization of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

I had 16 votes against one vote for South Africa

CAIRO (Reuters) – The African Football Confederation (CA) announced on Tuesday the selection of Egypt to host the 2019 Nations Cup after withdrawing from Cameroon due to lack of preparation.
The Executive Committee of the African Union met today in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to select the host country, Cannes, which will be attended by 24 teams.
According to the official account of Egyptian football on Twitter, Egypt won 16 votes, one against South Africa and one abstention.
At the meeting table were two candidate countries, Egypt and South Africa, where both countries traveled earlier this month to prepare.
On Monday, CAF announced that its executive committee would meet on Tuesday instead of Wednesday.
The head of the Egyptian Football Federation, Hani Abureda, said in December that eight stadiums had been set up to host the tournament, in addition to the training ground, and that the file had been submitted by the team. Egypt after consultation with the Arab Member States of the African Confederation and for its support and approval.
It should be noted that Egypt has hosted four times the largest continental tournament at the team level, the last in 2006, which means that this year's organization will be the fifth, a record ever achieved by an African country. .
South Africa hosted two versions of African nations in 1996 (instead of Kenya after the latter abstained from doing so because of financial difficulties) and in 2013 (instead of Libya).
Last November, the African Football Federation decided to withdraw the Africa Cup of Nations of Cameroon after concluding that the country was not ready to host Alcan because of delays in the completion infrastructure and stadiums and fears related to the security situation.