{"id":405413,"date":"2017-07-26T10:25:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T10:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/26\/cameroon-ready-to-host-expanded-afcon-in-2019\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T10:25:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T10:25:56","slug":"cameroon-ready-to-host-expanded-afcon-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/26\/cameroon-ready-to-host-expanded-afcon-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon &#8216;ready&#8217; to host expanded AFCON in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday, 26 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>bbc.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/87297864.295.jpg\" alt=\"Cameroon Afcon2017\" title=\"Cameroon Afcon2017\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Cameroon won the 2017 AFCON<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1501064756_132_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The next Africa Cup of Nations hosts can cater for an expanded 24-team finals, says the head of Cameroon&#8217;s FA.<\/p>\n<p>After sweeping changes to the Nations Cup this week, the Central African nation will now have to prepare for eight more teams than expected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I spoke this morning with our country&#8217;s hierarchy and the decision is that Cameroon is ready to host,&#8221; Tombi A Roko Sidiki told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n<p>After reports of slow progress in Cameroon, Morocco is keen to step in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Morocco will not hesitate for a second to respond favourably to any invitation to host this Nations Cup,&#8221; said the country&#8217;s FA president Faouzi Lekjaa. Caf has announced that its inspection team will visit Cameroon in September with the country having had to deny reports its preparations were behind schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco was set to host the 2015 Nations Cup until it lost the finals following concerns over the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The Moroccan capital Rabat hosted this week&#8217;s symposium on African football, where decisions such as moving the Nations Cup from January-February to June-July were taken.<\/p>\n<p>This was among a raft of changes overseen by Ahmad, the Malagasy who was elected president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) in March.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sidiki is not impressed by the Moroccan manoeuvres with regard to the next Nations Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are some countries who would like to host this competition but they should keep quiet and think about other editions and not 2019 because Cameroon will be ready,&#8221; he rallied.<\/p>\n<p>Moving the Nations Cup to June allows Cameroon an extra five months to prepare for the finals.<\/p>\n<p>Sidiki said he backed the expansion to 24 teams, a decision which CAF executive committee member Amaju Pinnick says will triple the African body&#8217;s income.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the presence of debutants Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau in recent years, Sidiki believes the expansion will open up the finals to more teams that have never qualified.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cameroon has always been participating but in life, you don&#8217;t need to see only your position as you should think about those who are dreaming each year to be part of this famous competition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is why we think this is a right and good decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s national team are the reigning African champions.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 56 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Wednesday, 26 July 2017 Source: bbc.com 2017-07-26 Cameroon won the 2017 AFCON &#13; The next Africa Cup of Nations hosts can cater for an expanded 24-team finals, says the head of Cameroon&#8217;s FA. 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