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AFCON expanded and CAF club cup dates changed

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CAF has expanded the AFCON from 16 to 24 teams and switched tournament dates to mid-year.

And CAF has also changed the calendar dates for its continental club competitions.

The bi-annual tournament has been contested for by 16 teams since 1996.

CAF made the decision during its 1st CAF African Football Symposium held from July 18 -19
in Morocco to add eight more teams.

The tournament will now also be held during the European off season June and July.

This is in order to avoid the club versus country rows that have existed when the tournament was held in the middle of the European Season in January.

Meanwhile,CAF also confirmed that CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup dates will adopt the European format and run from August to May.

However,CAF has not stated when this will come into effect.

The decision means Zambian representatives face challenging times ahead and will have no break over two seasons as the FAZ Super Division runs over a calendar year.

5 COMMENTS

  1. Not done with the African reality in mind, especially our weather pattern, will Zambian teams manage to play during the December – March rainy season, considering that virtually no local club has an “all weather” pitch!…

  2. This must be resisted by Africans. You cant be doing things because Europe wants you to do so. The days of colonialism are long over.
    The South American league doesn’t follow the European league’s calendars. Playing March to October suits our weather pattern. What kind of puppets have we voted into CAF? This Madagascan chap and his South African follow fashion monkeys!!
    South Africa was the only African nation championing this calendar for the past ten years and Issa hayatou never listened to them their so they now went for their neighbour and brainwashed him. South Africa will be the downfall of Africa. They want to introduce everything European to Africans

    • Tebufi! These sellouts.
      Who is championing homosexuality in Africa? South Africa.
      Who helped Europe and america to kill Gaddafi? South Africa
      Who wants African football to be a puppet of UEFA? South Africa

  3. Our season should run from November to July, you can’t have boys running around in hot weather in September and October.

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