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Ahmed Shubair, vice president of the Football Federation, said that the victory of Egypt in the organization of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations represents a strong and difficult challenge, from as much as time is running out.
"Time is running out, but everyone sees the Egyptians and the future as promising as possible.We will organize an ideal tournament and we will make sure that the African Union wishes to organize Egypt for each championship. of Africa, "Schubert wrote via his official account on Twitter.
The African Football Confederation (CAF) announced that Egypt had won the honor of organizing the African Nations Championship scheduled for June this year.
Egypt received 16 votes from the executive board of the African Union in exchange for a vote for South Africa and one abstention.
The Africa Cup of Nations must be held with the participation of 24 teams in a first event in the history of African football, with participation always limited to 16 teams.
For his part, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Ashraf Sobhy, expressed his joy after the victory of Egypt on the organization of the African Nations Championship 2019.
In a statement to Sada al-Balad, Sobhi said that Egypt had all the necessary elements to organize the championship in the best possible way, stressing that it would provide all the factors of support to the federation of the balloon to organize a championship worthy of the name and status of the Egyptian state. Everyone will do everything possible to dazzle the world with the Egyptian ability to organize the biggest tournaments.
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