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Bafana Bafana narrowly lost their opening 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Morocco, but it could’ve been so much worse. Photo: Nour Akanja/BackpagePix

BREAKING: South Africa on the brink of hosting AFCON!

Bafana Bafana is on the brink of becoming African Cup of Nations hosts after the scheduled hosts pulled out on Friday!

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Bafana Bafana narrowly lost their opening 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Morocco, but it could’ve been so much worse. Photo: Nour Akanja/BackpagePix

Bafana Bafana is on the brink of becoming African Cup of Nations hosts after the scheduled hosts pulled out on Friday!

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Imagine South Africa hosting AFCON…

This is now a very real possibility after the original hosts pulled out.

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South Africa could become hosts of the 2025 African Cup of Nations after Giunea pulled out on Friday.

“The President of CAF Dr Patrice Motsepe had a meeting today with the Guinea Transition President, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya to discuss the withdrawal by CAF of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (“AFCON”) Guinea 2025, due to the infrastructure and facilities in Guinea not being ready to host a world class AFCON competition. He was accompanied by CAF General Secretary, Mr Véron Mosengo-Omba.” CAF confirmed on iDiskiTimes.

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Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos. Photo: SAFA
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos. Photo: SAFA

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SA are very strong candidate for the 2025 edition having hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Meaning, they have world-class facilities and experience hosting an even bigger tournament with tremendous success. With world-class stadiums such as FNB Stadium, Cape Town Stadium, Moses Mabhida, Mbombela and many more.

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Now, it is down to the up-and-coming bidding process.

We also hosted the 2013 edition, losing to Mali in the quarter-finals on penalties. Therefore, SA has a point to prove and we are long overdue success in Africa. Hosting the competition will give us the biggest chance of achieving this since 1996 when we famously won AFCON.

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Stay tuned to The South African as bring you all the updates straight out of CAF, including the bidding process and SA’s chances.

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