Confederation of African Football, CAF, said yesterday said it will delay the decision on whether Cameroon will be allowed to go ahead with hosting next year’s African Nations Cup finals.
Two separate inspection visits will be made in October and November to the central African country.
Its hosting of the finals has been in jeopardy after the decision to increase the size of the tournament from sixteen to twenty-four teams.
CAF have made several inspections already of the five proposed venues and their executive committee had been expected to make a final decision at their meeting in Egypt on Friday.
CAF president Ahmad said they will not make any decision before the Cameroonian presidential election of October seventh as they do not want to disrupt the campaign.
The committee did confirm June fifteenth to July thirteenth next year as the dates for the tournament, which used to be held in January to the chagrin of club managers in Europe who were forced to release their African players to international duty in mid-season.
Increasing the field of the Nations Cup and switching its hosting to mid-year were among reforms announced last year in a major overhaul of the African game.
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