2025 AFCON Suffers Another Postponement Over CWC

Africa's biggest soccer fiesta, AFCON 2025 edition has suffered a postponement yet again, infonews.com.ng reports.

According to reports emanating from CAF, the tournament which is expected to be hosted by Morocco is now scheduled to hold in January 2026.

CAF also said the tournament will be delayed by six months as it clashes with the expanded 32 team Club World Cup.

AFCON 2025 was originally scheduled to take place in June but the World Club Cup is set to be played in the United States from June 15th to July 13th.

 

CAF’s general secretary, Veron Mosengo-Omba, told BBC that the AFCON would now be held in early 2026, acknowledging the pressing issue of scheduling conflicts.

Mosengo-Omba highlighted concerns regarding player welfare, questioning the feasibility of players participating in both the Club World Cup and the AFCON consecutively.

“For the men, we need to make sure that the dates that we’ll be choosing will be in the interests of the players.

“For this, we need to balance different aspects and also discuss with our partners and then we complete [the dates]. Scheduling is a nightmare for everybody,” Mosengo-Omba said.