[ 2014-09-24 ]

Ghana submit bid to host AFCON 2017
Accra, GNA – Ghana officially submitted her bid
to host the 2017 Orange Africa Cup of Nations to
the headquarters of the Confederation of Africa
Football (CAF) in Egypt, Cairo on Friday.

The bid which formalizes Ghana’s interest in
hosting the continent’s plum event, six years
after staging the tournament arrived in Cairo by
courier on Friday.

Ghana sent in a formal application through the
Ghana Football Association (GFA), to become only
the second country to send a bid ahead of the
September 30, deadline set by the continental
Information pieced together by GNA Sports
indicates that the document includes various
details on sectors like infrastructure,
communication, transport, health and among
others.

While Sudan remains Ghana’s only rivals for the
hosting right thus far, the Egyptian Football
Association (EFA) has made known their intentions
to put in a bid by close of Wednesday, September
24.

Also expected to slap in a bid is Algeria, who has
constantly made public their interest in staging
the biannual gathering for Africa’s best 16
teams.

The North Africans initially hoped to swap with
original host of the 2017 competition, Libya. The
latter lost the rights to host the tournament due
to political instability.

Source - GNA

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